Chapter 10

🥁 Capitals of West Africa

This chapter covers the capitals of West Africa that the essentials chapter left out, from Dakar, on the westernmost point of mainland Africa, to Porto-Novo in Benin. Two are classic traps: Côte d'Ivoire's capital is Yamoussoukro, not the far bigger Abidjan, and Benin's government works mostly from Cotonou. Freetown and Monrovia were founded for freed slaves, and many capitals sit on the Atlantic coast or on the Niger River.

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