West African in a sentence

Some 300 international observers were deployed, mainly from the Economic Community of the West African States and the African Union, with many African states supporting the incumbent.

The West African regional bloc must endeavour to stop the junta in Niger from succeeding, because if they do, it will be dangerous times ahead for the entire West African sub region.

On the other hand, the West African CFA franc is the official currency of eight member nations under the West African Economic and Monetary Union consisting of Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte D’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo.

He financially supported Paul Cuffee’s venture in the West African nation of Sierra Leone, but he later turned against the American Colonization Society and its efforts to return free American Blacks to the West African nation of Liberia.

The ‘Activate’ hitmaker noted that he was extremely happy to see many African Americans make their way to the West African country.

Through its programmes and resources, the museum aims to foster deeper connections between contemporary art, culture and the rich West African heritage, whilst establishing itself as a center for excellence for African and diasporan artists and scholar.

AFC’s archive is an extensive collection of records and information and by revisiting and scrutinizing it, Lotson was able to conclude that the song was of African origin, West African to be exact.

From Tuesday, July 7, through Sunday, July 12, the kitchen will be serving food from Modou Jaiteh, the chef/owner of Jacaranda, a kitchen at Rosetta Hall turning out West African (and African-influenced Southern) fare.

The author has, with this work, distinguished himself from the pack of digital natives who became influencers across the Nigerian, West African and African virtual communities.

Also, the African Development Bank (AfDB) said Nigeria’s 70 per cent debt service ratio to revenue is unsustainable and far above the average revenue spent by West African countries on external debt servicing is 17 per cent.

A socio-economic group, Advocate for Equity and Fairness, has said West African countries deserve to fill some current African Union Commission (AUC) vacancies, following their contribution to Africa’s socio-economic growth.

Although Central African CFA francs and West African CFA francs have always been at parity and have therefore always had the same monetary value against other currencies, they are in principle separate currencies.

Immigrants also include those from other West African or East African nations.

It forced New York City's Latino and African-American communities to deal with their common West African musical roots in a direct way, whether they wanted to acknowledge it publicly or not.

Sorghum was a popular grain for making couscous, and the Moroccan Berber word for sorghum, illan or ilni, is the same as the word in the West African language of Songhai, illé, lending further circumstantial evidence for an African genesis for couscous.

Following that fight, Potter continued fighting and faced Alexander Vasilev on the 28th of July 2001, again in the Wembley Conference Centre for the West African Boxing Union – West, heavyweight title.

They clash elsewhere in the world but go as far as collaborating on joint targets in West Africa, according to U.S. and West African intelligence officers.

His project visualizes the history of Brazilian returnees to West Africa and traces family links of current west African residents of Sao Paulo.

Adu Boahen, Topics In West African History p. 110 Indeed, as already mentioned in this article, slavery persists in several areas of West Africa until the present day.

They were from hundreds of tribes across West Africa, and brought with them certain traits of West African music including call and response vocals and complex rhythmic music, as well as syncopated beats and shifting accents.