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Still, a respect for history strongly informs the contemporary lives of WestAfricans, often providing them with a sense of shared legacy that helps to calm the potentially dangerous national, ethnic and religious divisions.
The particular prowess of WestAfrican stars on the international scene may have something to do with the region's long-running cultural conversation with the New World.
Since independence, WestAfrican countries have all grappled with the problem of revitalizing indigenous ways while engaging the fast-changing world outside.
West Africa is the region of western Africa that is generally considered to include the countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
The northern section of West Africa is composed of semi-arid terrain known as Sahel, a transitional zone between the Sahara desert and the savannahs of the western Sudan to the south.
The WestAfrican Monetary Union (or UEMOA from its name in French, Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine) is limited to the eight, mostly francophone countries that employ the CFA franc as their common currency.
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