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1368:Billionaires
1261:Human rights
1031:Indian Ocean
962:North Africa
875:Saint Helena
846:
750:South Africa
740:Sierra Leone
545:Burkina Faso
439:
365:
283:
260:
229:
215:
202:
182:
178:
170:
164:Advances in
163:
153:
142:Sierra Leone
127:
114:Wole Soyinka
93:
91:
76:
67:
48:
1651:urban areas
1572:FIBA Africa
1271:LGBT rights
969:Archaeology
802:recognition
755:South Sudan
645:Ivory Coast
411: [
197:Mervat Amin
187:Print media
132:arrived in
62:introducing
1621:Emigration
1524:Philosophy
1504:Literature
950:Chronology
857:(Portugal)
815:Somaliland
735:Seychelles
700:Mozambique
685:Mauritania
670:Madagascar
625:The Gambia
560:Cape Verde
421:References
335:Literature
315:. Chinese
279:Africanews
267:Al Jazeera
210:journalism
70:March 2013
45:references
1457:Languages
1447:Etiquette
1373:Education
1246:Democracy
1241:Elections
1141:Geography
1100:By region
1084:conflicts
957:Antiquity
690:Mauritius
317:StarTimes
313:languages
256:languages
150:newspaper
1806:Category
1786:Category
1631:HIV/AIDS
1462:Religion
1427:Abortion
1383:Internet
1310:Politics
1286:feminism
1224:Politics
1079:Military
1057:By topic
1021:Atlantic
984:Sahelian
934:articles
881: /
877: /
870:(France)
864: /
842: /
838: /
790:Zimbabwe
765:Tanzania
615:Ethiopia
610:Eswatini
590:Djibouti
555:Cameroon
540:Botswana
346:See also
265:include
252:cultures
218:Cameroon
195:Actress
138:Freetown
112:, Prof.
106:internet
104:and the
1770:Outline
1672:By year
1614:density
1499:Cuisine
1472:Culture
1416:Society
1393:Poverty
1336:Economy
1315:parties
1183:Central
1178:Regions
1168:Islands
1107:Central
1069:Empires
1064:Economy
1026:Barbary
1016:Slavery
979:Empires
942:History
866:RĂ©union
862:Mayotte
853:Madeira
848:(Spain)
844:Melilla
775:Tunisia
745:Somalia
730:Senegal
715:Nigeria
705:Namibia
695:Morocco
660:Liberia
655:Lesotho
605:Eritrea
575:Comoros
550:Burundi
525:Algeria
327:offers
298:Naspers
248:culture
205:Nigeria
124:History
118:Nigeria
58:improve
1791:Portal
1646:cities
1494:Cinema
1452:Health
1210:Rivers
932:
930:Africa
885:
868:
855:
785:Zambia
780:Uganda
720:Rwanda
675:Malawi
635:Guinea
530:Angola
451:
325:Canal+
310:Yoruba
246:, and
244:sports
146:French
134:Africa
47:, but
1777:Index
1539:Sport
1519:Music
1514:Media
1198:South
1193:North
1122:South
1117:North
840:Ceuta
760:Sudan
710:Niger
665:Libya
650:Kenya
630:Ghana
620:Gabon
595:Egypt
535:Benin
445:11–12
415:]
306:Hausa
240:music
1755:2020
1750:2019
1745:2018
1740:2017
1735:2016
1730:2015
1725:2014
1720:2013
1715:2012
1710:2011
1705:2010
1700:2009
1695:2008
1690:2007
1685:2006
1680:2005
1203:West
1188:East
1127:West
1112:East
770:Togo
680:Mali
570:Chad
449:ISBN
302:Igbo
290:DStv
232:news
152:the
92:The
1489:Art
116:of
1808::
447:,
429:^
413:it
378:.
374:,
370:,
308:,
304:,
277:,
273:,
254:,
242:,
238:,
234:,
140:,
120:.
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908:v
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