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West Africa How has the Cultural Diversity Affected th e people? West Africa is a very cultural part of Africa. Diversity has affected the people because it has a wide variety of cultures. Not like the other parts of Africa West Africa, they are not joined together by a single religion or a single language because most people there might speak more than 2 languges. Going to different places might be like going to a different country. There is like 100 different ethnic groups in west africa. I got this picture from [|www.answers.com/topic/western-africa]I I got this picture because it show a picture of west africa

How has the life of west Africans changed?  Many West African people are keeping traditional family ties, but people are still moving from their rural homes to the crowded busy streets of the cities. Many men of young age go to find jobs in the cities, but the women stay home in the rural areas. The men come home to visit the women who work hard raising the children and farming their crops. The men share what they have learned, and then they go back to work. 

Many West Africans have a strong relationship with their families. What are these relationships called? These bonds with families are called kinships. There are two levels of kinships. The first level is called a nuclear family which is just parents and their kids. The second level is an extended family. This level has parent, kids, and a variety of other family members. That is what the family relationships in West Africa are.

This is a picture of West African kids in a kinship. This picture I got is from [|http://messengerandadvocate.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/west-africa-ghana-mission.jpg

nuclear family-the first level kinship. It is the family relationship, between parents and children. Cualtural Diversity: any place has many cultures and different languages. Clan-a lineage group. Kinship- A family relationship.
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What are Nigeria’s main ethnic groups?   Before Europeans arrived what is now Nigeria was ruled by many ethnic groups including the Hausa the Yoruba and the Igbo. Those are also the three most widely spoken languages. Nigeria contains so many ethnic groups in part because it is so big.  This is a map of Nigeria. I chose this picture because my question is about Nigeria. I found this picture at http://www.theodora.com/maps/new4/nigeria2.gif.

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Prentice Hall World Explorer __Eastern Hemisphere__