Forest Zone

In West Africa, the forest zone refers to the southern part of the region once covered by tropical rainforest. Sometimes this region is referred to as Guinea to distinguish it from the grassland-covered Sudan, drier Sahel and perarid Sahara.

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    “This land is your land, this land is my land,
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    This land was made for you and me.”
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