valley of the Niger River (roughly equivalent to the areas of modern Mali and Niger). France began occupying the area of modern Benin from 1893, later naming...

described this journey in his work Du Niger au golfe de Guinée par le pays de Kong et le Mossi (From the Niger to the Gulf of Guinea though the land of...

southern Libya (Fezzan) and eastern Niger, northeastern Nigeria and northern Cameroon. The Bornu Empire (1380s–1893) was a state in what is now northeastern...

an ancient city in Mali, situated 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of the Niger River. It is the capital of the Tombouctou Region, one of the eight administrative...

Diengue, Sy, Anne, Ly, Wann, Dia and others. Although most Fulbe of Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon mostly use their father's family name, there are some common...

the Senegal River on 26 December 1893. The same day Bonnier left Ségou 350 miles (560 km) to the east on the Niger River bound for Timbuktu, which he...

pouvoir colonial au Soudan français: les relations entre les administrateurs et les missionnaires catholiques dans la Boucle du Niger, de 1885 à 1945....

du Niger, au Bénin et dans le Borgou I (Journey to the Banks of the Niger River, Benin and Borgu) (1879) Voyage aux pays mystérieux. Du Bénin au pays...

of Ivory Coast in 1893. As a result of the Scramble for Africa in the 1880s, France had gained control the upper valley of the Niger River (roughly equivalent...

indigenous to the central plateau region of Mali, in West Africa, south of the Niger bend, near the city of Bandiagara, and in Burkina Faso. The population numbers...