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West Africa

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West Africa
A region of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea. It was largely controlled by colonial powers until the 20th century.
West African adj. & n.
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Noun1.West Africa - an area of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea
British West Africa - the former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast
Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean


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In Julian's present state of health the climate of West Africa would in all probability kill him in three months' time.
The New Magdalen by Collins, Wilkie View in context
And so the Colonial Office appointed John Clayton to a new post in British West Africa, but his confidential instructions centered on a thorough investigation of the unfair treatment of black British subjects by the officers of a friendly European power.
Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Smith's offer of numerous specimens from the same nest of the driver ant (Anomma) of West Africa.
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