Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Africa Focus brings together, in digital form, two categories of primary and secondary resources: research and teaching materials collected by University of Wisconsin faculty and staff; and unique or valuable items related to these fields held by the University of Wisconsin Libraries. This collection contains more than 3000 slides, 500 photographs, and 50 hours of sounds from forty-five different countries.
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This road is two feet below the surface. Most roads are tarred except roads such as these which are small service roads. The cactus barrier prevents cattle from going into …
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Groundnut pods do not grow on the roots of the plant; they grow from branches. The seeds are being removed from the outer covering or shells and the branches.
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The lower section of the building would be used as a cooking area while the rice is stored above. Smoke from cooking fires would keep pests away from the rice.
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Gara cloth is a locally produced tie-dye.
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The country of Niger is named for the river, although the river is important only to the far western part of the country.