The River Niger was a Tony Award-winning play by Joseph A. Walker. It was first performed by New York City's Negro Ensemble Company off-Broadway in 1972. The play proved to be a hit and moved to Broadway in 1973 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, where it played 162 performances. What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... Joseph A. Walker - X-15 astronaut (NASA) Joseph Albert Walker (20 February 1921 - 8 June 1966) was an American military test pilot; in 1963, he made two X-15 flights past the 100 kilometer edge of space, the only spaceplane flights past that threshold made until SpaceShipOne in 2004. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The Negro Ensemble Company is a New York City-based theater company. ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Lion King at the New Amsterdam Theatre, 2003 Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... The Brooks Atkinson Theater is a Broadway theatre. ...
It was adapted by Walker for the big screen in 1976, which starred Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones. Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cicely Tyson (born December 19, 1933) is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated American actress. ... James Earl Jones (b. ...
Created in 1955, the Drama Desk Award was created to recognize Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway shows in addition to Broadway shows. ... A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or drama. ... Joseph A. Walker - X-15 astronaut (NASA) Joseph Albert Walker (20 February 1921 - 8 June 1966) was an American military test pilot; in 1963, he made two X-15 flights past the 100 kilometer edge of space, the only spaceplane flights past that threshold made until SpaceShipOne in 2004. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award® but is formally the Antoinette Perry Award is an annual American award celebrating achievements in theater, including musical theater. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Roxie Roker Roxie Roker (August 28, 1929âDecember 2, 1995) was an American actress of Bahamian descent who was best known for her groundbreaking role as Helen Willis on the sitcom, The Jeffersons, one half of the first interracial couple to be shown on regular prime-time TV. She also...
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The NigerDelta, the delta of the NigerRiver in Nigeria, is a densely populated region sometimes called the Oil Rivers because it was once a major producer of palm oil
Niger (river), river in western Africa, flowing primarily from west to east, through Guinea, Mali, Niger, Benin, and Nigeria to the Gulf of Guinea.
Crocodiles, hippopotamuses, lizards, and snakes are common in the river.
The upper Niger was a core area of the old empires of Mali and Songhai; during this time Timbuktu, at the great bend of the river, was a major cultural and commercial centre.
The Scottish explorer Mungo Park determined in 1796 that the river flows east, and in 1830 the English brothers Richard Lander and John Lander proved that the Niger empties into the Gulf of Guinea.
The “W” National Park, bordering the river in Niger, represents a transition zone between savannah and forest territory, and was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996.