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Niger Riveror Joliba or KworraPrincipal river of western Africa. The third longest on the continent, it rises in Guinea near the Sierra Leone border and flows into Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea. It is 2,600 mi (4,183 sq km) long, and its middle course is navigable for about 1,000 mi (1,600 km). Peoples living along the Niger include the Bambara, the Malinke, and the Songhai. It was explored by Mungo Park beginning in 1796. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A diviner advised the Doumbia to move northeast across the Niger River, where they would be delivered from Samory's rule and beyond his army's reach. Botanists tell us that the cultivated kinds of Oryza glaberima originated in the regions of the Inland Delta of the Niger River, in modern-day Mali. But it was the British invasion bands of the early '60s, Woodstock and meeting Robbie Robertson from the Band that would eventually lead Scorsese to the route that he now travels from the Mississippi juke joints back to the banks of the Niger River in the documentary ``Feel Like Going Home. |
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