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40 relations: Adobe, Agadez, Arabs, Architectural style, Beam (structure), Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, Djenné-Djenno, Forest, Gao, Ghana, Grassland, Great Mosque of Djenné, Hausa people, Hausa–Fulani, Ivory Coast, Kano, Kanuri people, Lake Chad, Larabanga, List of ethnic groups of Africa, Mali, Mandé peoples, Mudbrick, Muslim, Niger, Nigeria, Parapet, Sahara, Sahel, Sankore Madrasah, Savanna, Songhai people, Sudan (region), Timbuktu, Tuareg people, West Africa, Yamma Mosque, Zarma people, Zinder.
Adobe
Adobe is a building material made from earth and other organic materials.
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Agadez
Agadez, formerly spelled Agades, is the largest city in central Niger, with a population of 118,244 (2012 census).
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Arabs
Arabs (عَرَب ISO 233, Arabic pronunciation) are a population inhabiting the Arab world.
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Architectural style
An architectural style is characterized by the features that make a building or other structure notable or historically identifiable.
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Beam (structure)
A beam is a structural element that primarily resists loads applied laterally to the beam's axis.
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Bobo-Dioulasso
Bobo-Dioulasso is a city in Burkina Faso with a population of about 537,728; it is the second largest city in the country, after Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital.
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Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa.
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Djenné-Djenno
Djenné-Djenno (also Jenne-Jeno) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Niger River Valley in the country of Mali.
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Forest
A forest is a large area dominated by trees.
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Gao
Gao is a city in Mali and the capital of the Gao Region.
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Ghana
Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a unitary presidential constitutional democracy, located along the Gulf of Guinea and Atlantic Ocean, in the subregion of West Africa.
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Grassland
Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae); however, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) families can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes, like clover, and other herbs.
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Great Mosque of Djenné
The Great Mosque of Djenné (Grande mosquée de Djenné, الجامع الكبير في جينيه) is a large banco or adobe building that is considered by many architects to be one of the greatest achievements of the Sudano-Sahelian architectural style.
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Hausa people
The Hausa (autonyms for singular: Bahaushe (m), Bahaushiya (f); plural: Hausawa and general: Hausa; exonyms: Ausa) are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa.
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Hausa–Fulani
Hausa–Fulani are collectively the Hausa and Fulani people of Africa.
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Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially as the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a sovereign state located in West Africa.
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Kano
Kano is the state capital of Kano State in North West, Nigeria.
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Kanuri people
The Kanuri people (Kanouri, Kanowri, also Yerwa, Bare Bari and several subgroup names) are an African ethnic group living largely in the lands of the former Kanem and Bornu Empires in Niger, Nigeria and Cameroon.
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Lake Chad
Lake Chad (French: Lac Tchad) is a historically large, shallow, endorheic lake in Africa, which has varied in size over the centuries.
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Larabanga
Larabanga is a village in West Gonja district, a district in north western Northern Region of Ghana.
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List of ethnic groups of Africa
The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands, with each population generally having its own language (or dialect of a language) and culture.
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Mali
Mali, officially the Republic of Mali (République du Mali), is a landlocked country in West Africa, a region geologically identified with the West African Craton.
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Mandé peoples
Mandé is a family of ethnic groups in Western Africa who speak any of the many related Mande languages of the region.
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Mudbrick
A mudbrick or mud-brick is a brick, made of a mixture of loam, mud, sand and water mixed with a binding material such as rice husks or straw.
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Muslim
A Muslim (مُسلِم) is someone who follows or practices Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion.
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Niger
Niger, also called the Niger officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in Western Africa named after the Niger River.
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Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a federal republic in West Africa, bordering Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in the north.
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Parapet
A parapet is a barrier which is an extension of the wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure.
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Sahara
The Sahara (الصحراء الكبرى,, 'the Great Desert') is the largest hot desert and the third largest desert in the world after Antarctica and the Arctic.
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Sahel
The Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition in Africa between the Sahara to the north and the Sudanian Savanna to the south.
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Sankore Madrasah
Sankoré Madrasah, The University of Sankoré, or Sankore Masjid is one of three ancient centers of learning located in Timbuktu, Mali, West Africa.
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Savanna
A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland grassland ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.
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Songhai people
The Songhai people (also Songhay or Sonrai) are an ethnic group in West Africa who speak the various Songhai languages.
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Sudan (region)
The Sudan is the geographic region to the south of the Sahara, stretching from Western to eastern Central Africa.
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Timbuktu
Timbuktu, also spelt Tinbuktu, Timbuctoo and Timbuktoo (Tombouctou; Koyra Chiini: Tumbutu), is an ancient city in Mali, situated north of the Niger River.
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Tuareg people
The Tuareg people (also spelt Twareg or Touareg; endonym: Kel Tamasheq, Kel Tagelmust) are a large Berber ethnic confederation.
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West Africa
West Africa, also called Western Africa and the West of Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa.
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Yamma Mosque
The Yaama Mosque is a mosque built in the indigenous Sudano-Sahelian architectural style, constructed in 1962 in Yaama, a village in the semi-desert region of Niger.
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Zarma people
The Zarma people are an ethnic group predominantly found in westernmost Niger also found in significant numbers in the adjacent areas of Nigeria and Benin, along with smaller numbers in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Ghana.
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Zinder
Zinder (locally, Damagaram), formerly also spelled Sinder, is the second largest city in Niger, with a population of 170,574 (2001 census);, citing.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudano-Sahelian_architecture
