Articles, tagged with "countries in africa", page 6
08th September 2010
Malawi is a landlocked country and used to be known as Nyasaland. The country is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast and Mozambique on the east, south and west. It has a population of around 14million people and covers an area o...
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08th September 2010
Uganda is the home to the sub national kingdom known as Buganda that belongs to the Ganda people. It’s the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present- day Uganda and takes up the Central region of the county including the capital city Kampala. The k...
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08th September 2010
Zambia is an African country that is landlocked in nature. It’s found on the Southern part of Africa. The capital city is called Lusaka and it’s located in the south- central part of the country. It gained independence in 1964 from the British and the fir...
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08th September 2010
Chimpanzees are members of what is known as the Hominidae family and are classified together with humans, gorillas and orangutans. They are the closest living relatives to humans and during the human evolution about 6 million years ago they split on the...
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08th September 2010
Kenya’s colonial journey began back in 1885 when the Germans established a protectorate over the Sultan of Zanzibar. The Sultan had possessed the coastal town of Lamu, and established his authority of the place as a Muslim region. The British were to ma...
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08th September 2010
Niger Delta is found in Nigeria. It’s the hub of the country’s oil and it’s very densely populated. The area was once called the Oil Rivers and it’s was the country’s major producer of palm oil. It was taken over by the British and became the Oil Rivers P...
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08th September 2010
Uganda is a landlocked country that harbors a lot of history. It’s famed for the Indians who had once inhabited the country before post independence. They were later to be chased away by the then ruling Dictator Idi Amin Dada. The country came to the li...
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08th September 2010
Kenya has been put on the map for many years as home to many archeological excavations in the horn of Africa .This was through the courtesy of Mr. Leaky. He was born on August 7, 1903 and passed on in October 1, 1972. Lois Seymour Bazett Leakey is a fa...
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06th September 2010
Lake Nakuru National Park is located in the Great Rift Valley. It encloses the famous Lake Nakuru which is part of the Rift Valley Soda Lakes. The park covers 188km2 and was created in 1961. It’s famous for flamingos that flock around the shores of the ...
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06th September 2010
Tourist’s attraction sites in Kenya are situated within the Great Rift Valley. Due to the attention that the Great Rift has attracted, major towns have developed to become big economic hubs. One town that commands a lot of respect in Kenya is Nakuru. It’s...
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06th September 2010
Tourism is Kenya’s largest source of foreign exchange followed by agriculture. It took the lead from 1997 when it overtook the coffee sector and has continued the trend since. The country has 19 national parks and game reserves. Other attractions includ...
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06th September 2010
Elephants are the largest land mammals. Today only three species of them are living and they include the African Bush, African Forest and the Asians. The other species have since become extinct like the mammoths which were very big and used to life cave...
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06th September 2010
Kenya got her independence in 1963. It’s worthy noting that the white settlers really influenced the development of this country and helped open up many regions that were in accessible. They also contributed a lot by putting Kenya on the map of countrie...
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06th September 2010
Tanzania is naturally endowed with natural beauty. She also enjoys great political stability perhaps the reason that the country’s economy is greatly improving. On of the major sectors that have picked up is tourism. From the game parks, craters, hills ...
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06th September 2010
Mzima springs are located in Tsavo National Park in Kenya and it’s a major tourist attraction site to the area. The springs are located to west side of the park. The source of the springs is from a natural resvoir in the Chyulu Hills that sit on the nor...
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