The country, considered for a long time the ‘showcase’ of sub-Saharan Africa, was entering, in the second half of the 1990s, a long phase of…
Ivory Coast
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History and Politics of Ivory Coast
History of the Ivory Coast The penetration of Europeans into Côte d’Ivoire began in con. 15th c. In the 1630s the first French colonists appeared…
Ivory Coast Population and Economy
TERRITORY: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Population area fairly recent and rather limited due above all to the unfavorable environmental conditions offered by the forest, whose extension was…
Ivory Coast Travel Guide
GETTING THERE Arriving by plane Air Burkina (2J), Air France (AF), British Airways (BA), Egyptair (MS), South African Airways (SA), Kenya Airways (KQ) and KLM…
Ivory Coast Overview
GENERAL Official name of the state Republic of Côte d’Ivoire. Capital Yamoussoukro. Seat of government: Abidjan. Geography As a country located in Africa according to…
Ivory Coast Religion
Religious freedom prevails. The census of 2014 showed that the Muslims (mainly Sunni) were slightly more than the Christians (mainly Catholics), who have traditionally had…
Ivory Coast Recent History
Coastal state of West Africa, small, relatively fertile, rich in raw materials and quite populous, it has attracted the sights of the French since the…
Kenya Recent History
The first certain news relating to this part of the coast of East Africa concerns the Arabs who arrived there towards the end of the…
Mali Literature
The literary tradition in Mali is primarily associated with an exceptionally rich oral poetry. Much of it draws inspiration from the history of the great…
Geography of the Ivory Coast
The Ivory Coast has an approx. 480 km long coastline, which in the west is characterized by low cliffs, while the eastern part takes the…