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The Countries of the Sahel Mrs. Reese
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The Sahel Means “Border” Overgrazing + Drought = Desertification
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Empires of the Sahel Ghana Gold, Ivory, Salt Trade Mali Mansa Musa Timbuktu Songhai
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French rule 5 Colonies Mauritania Burkina Faso Niger Chad Mali
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People Live near rivers in the South Subsistence Farmers Muslim Nomads Tuareg, Fulani
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Mauritania Nouakchott Atlantic Ocean Fishing Overfished
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Mali 65% desert Most live on Niger River Farming Cotton Mining Gold
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Burkina Faso Subsistence Farming Workers Migrate Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire One of World’s Poorest
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Chad/Niger Landlocked: no sea or ocean border Niger Uranium Chad Petroleum Great Mosque of Djenne
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