what was the name of west africa before 1975? and what country in africa has the weirdist name?
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As far as I know, there is no specific 'West Africa', but many small countries in that region.  They were colonies, mostly French-owned, until the late 1950s, when they gained independence.\n\nWierdest name?  The country currently known as Tanzania used to be called Tanganyica.  Wierd.
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When people talk about the poorest countries of the world, they often refer to them with the general term Third World, and they think everybody knows what they are talking about. But when you ask them if there is a Third World, what about a Second or a First World, you almost always get an evasive answer. Other people even try to use the terms as a ranking scheme for the state of development of countries, with the First world on top, followed by the Second world and so on, that's perfect - nonsense. \nAny ways, u have asked for the list so i m trying my best to stop myself from going into the thoughtful mode..... here it goes.. according to World Bank the list of Third world countirs and their GPAs are :- (marked *)\n\n1    Timor-Leste South-East Asia                                    *400 \n2    Malawi Eastern Africa                                                *596 \n3    Somalia Eastern Africa                                              *600 \n4    Democratic Republic of the Congo Middle Africa      *675 \n5    Tanzania Eastern Africa                                             *720 \n6    Yemen Middle East                                                     *745 \n7    Burundi Eastern Africa                                                *753 \n8    Afghanistan Central Asia                                             *800 \n9    Guinea-Bissau Western Africa                                   *856 \n10  Ethiopia Eastern Africa                                               *859 \n11  Niger Western Africa                                                  *896 \n12  Liberia Western Africa                                                *900 \n13  Sierra Leone Western Africa                                      *901 \n14  Madagascar Eastern Africa                                        *911 \n15  Zambia Eastern Africa                                                *911 \n16  Eritrea Eastern Africa                                                 *917
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Well, I take you back 70 year for now. Zimbabwe was until its independence from colonial rule from Britain (?) was called Rhodesia after Cecil Rhodes who ruled Rhodesia. As another fact, Cecil Rhodes is the man who the Rhodes Scholarship is named after. Zimbabwe, Rhodesia at the time, was ruled in the same manner as its neighbor to the south South Africa, repressively brutal to the Africans through its own apartheid. \nAnother fact Zimbabwe is known for its Great Wall and has a very ancient society. Look in your local library for the rest of Zimbabwe's history. I am embarassed that I couldn't tell you the rest. Do a look-up of Cecil Rhodes.
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i use wikipedia (www.wikipedia.com) or u could google 3 west african kingdoms & find their governments' official websites.
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Cameroon ranked #23 in the world #1 in Africa\nNigeria is tied at #24 with Columbia but is #2 in Africa
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Look for the country of Liberia on the west coast of Africa.
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The name Africa came into Western use through the Romans, who used the name Africa terra — "land of the Afri" (plural, or "Afer" singular) — for the northern part of the continent, as the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding to modern-day Tunisia.
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Most african countries are artificial and dont follow historic tribal lines. Just look at Iraq now, you have sunnis, shias and kurds, and darfur, muslims and christians  when the government gets out of hand. Tin pot dictators often took power in most African countries, they sold out to the wests bribes for their minerals.  Took massive bribes, stuck all their family members in seats of power and corrupted the system beyond repair, persecuted other minorites to marginlisation. \n\nMalaysia and Ghana were both made independant in  1957 - compare their fortunes now.
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There are more then 5 countries in africa.\nBut ill go with Ethiopia
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Africa is a continent and it has many countries. Each country has a captal.
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As in answer 2 it was called that for the reason that it had gold, not to mention ivory and timber\n\nSpecifically the Ghana coast in Africa\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Coast_%28British_colony%29\nhttp://crawfurd.dk/africa/ghana_timeline.htm\nhttp://www.britishempire.co.uk/maproom/goldcoast.htm\n\nThis link will give you data on all the places world wide that have also had the name\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Coast
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The odd thing is that there no longer is a "second world".  This terminology was coined in the 1950s, during the Cold War.  The "first" and "second" worlds referred to those aligned with the two great powers -- the USA & the Soviet Union.   After the demise of the latter, the original terminology no longer works.\n\nBut, in fact, by the time the Soviet Union fell that specific usage of the terms had pretty much fallen by the wayside.  Since the unaligned nations were poor and not very developed (technologically & economically) the term "third world" has long been used to refer to undeveloped or underdeveloped nations no matter where they are or what their political leanings.    \n\nSo it is now an ECONOMIC label.   But note that there is no precise definition of the term, no sharp dividing line to appeal to to mark a particular nation as part of the "third world".   And many folks don't like to use this term at all, either because it's not precise or because they regard it as a put down; they prefer more descriptive names like "undeveloped".\n\nSince these poorer nations are heavily concentrated to the South -- esp. in South America and Africa -- it is not surprising that people refer loosely to these continents as "third world", though the term cannot strictly be applied to all their nations.
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Ghana is the country that was referred to as the Gold Coast.
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Tough question.  I believe that Ethiopia was the only African country never colonized.  However, it was ruled by Italy during WWII
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Probably the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly called Zaire.
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Nigeria gained independence on October 1, 1960 from the United Kingdom. It is currently a federal government.
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i the south west part of africa