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Succotash: Equatorial Guinea’s National Dish

By Eric Ackerson on August 7, 2010 in Africa, Equatorial Guinea, Featured, Photos, West Africa

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As human migration occurs, food items and recipes travel as well. As migrating populations mingle, so do the flavors of the various home lands. Although today’s dish is native to one country, it is a...

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Innovations in Access to Land: Land Grab or Agricultural Investment?

By Bernard Pollack on August 7, 2010 in Africa, Photos, West Africa

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This is the first in a series of posts about the increasing prevalence of large-scale land acquisition, or “land grabs” in Sub-Saharan Africa.Background: There has been a documented trend in recent years of foreign governments...

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Entrepreneurship: Harnessing the Igbo Resource

By Emem Andrew on August 6, 2010 in Africa, Featured, Nigeria, Photos, West Africa

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Nigeria is now officially 50 years old. The labours of our heroes past are truly not in vain. Yet we are confronted daily with problems that seem sometimes to be insurmountable. In my opinion one...

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Cotonou, Benin: Le Chant D’Oiseau

By Bernard Pollack on August 5, 2010 in Africa, Benin, Featured, Lodging, Photos, West Africa

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When in Cotonou, Benin, we chose Le Chant D'Oiseau because it was recommended in Lonely Planet and seemed like a good budget option for a couple of days in Cotonou, Benin. Big mistake! We've spent...

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Triggering Development with Improved Education

By Bernard Pollack on August 5, 2010 in Africa, Featured, Photos, Senegal, West Africa

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Very few NGOs are working on farmers education,” according to Moussa Faye of Action Aid Senegal. But without basic education—including literacy skills—it’s hard for many farmers or farmers groups to raise crop yields, increase income,...

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Giving Family Farmers a Bigger Voice and a Bigger Impact

By Bernard Pollack on August 3, 2010 in Africa, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gambia, Guinea, Niger, Photos, Senegal, West Africa

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Senegal, says Moussa Faye of Action Aid Senegal, is the “epicenter of the farmers movement in Africa.” During the 1970s “rebel” farmers groups organized opposition to state owned cooperatives, starting their own...

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Togo: History, Culture and Economy

By Victoria Levy on July 31, 2010 in Africa, Photos, Togo, West Africa

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The Togolese Republic, often known as Togo, is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lomé...

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Mali: History, Culture and Economy

By Victoria Levy on July 31, 2010 in Africa, Mali, Photos, West Africa

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Mali, officially the Republic of Mali (French: République du Mali), is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the...

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Succotash: Equatorial Guinea’s National Dish

Innovations in Access to Land: Land Grab or Agricultural Investment?

Entrepreneurship: Harnessing the Igbo Resource

Cotonou, Benin: Le Chant D’Oiseau

Triggering Development with Improved Education

Giving Family Farmers a Bigger Voice and a Bigger Impact

Togo: History, Culture and Economy

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