©Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd 505 Index ABBREVIATIONS drinking 177-9 amphibians 442-3 B B Benin entertainment 177-9 Aného 371-2 Bâ, Amadou Hampaté 402 BF Burkina Faso food 177 animals, see individual baboons 441, 15 C Cameroon shopping 179 animals, wildlife Bafatá 215 CV Cape Verde sights 171-5 animism 405 Bafoussam 92 CI Côte d’Ivoire tourist information 180 Anomabu 183 Bafut 92 Gam Gambia, The tours 176 antelopes 440 Baía das Gatas 117 Gha Ghana travel to/within 180-1 Arabic 490-2 Ballabu Conservation Gui Guinea Achebe, Chinua 401 architecture 22, 425 Project 164 GB Guinea-Bissau activities 453-5, see also books 428 Bambara peoples 429-30 L Liberia individual activities, Burkina Faso 64, 71, 2 Bamenda 90-1, 91 locations M Mali Morocco 288-9 Bamessing 91 Adanwomase 193 Mia Mauritania Nigeria 312 Banana Islands 357-8 Adichie, Chimamanda Mor Morocco Togo 375 Banfora 68 Ngozi 401 N Niger Arquipélago dos Bijagós 17, Banjul 154-6, adinkra cloth 193, 421-2 154 Nia Nigeria 213-14, 17 baobabs 440 Adjara 45 S Senegal art galleries 38, 122, 144, Baoulé peoples 430 Adrar, The 245-8 147, 302-3, 321, see also SL Sierra Leone Bassa peoples 230 Agadir 269-72 museums T Togo bathrooms 464 Agbodrafo 371 arts & craftwork 12, 420-8, beach boys 169 AIDS 484 12, see also individual beaches 12, 20, 455 A air travel 19, 467-8, 472, 473 arts, locations Accra (Gha) 171 Abeokuta 308 airlines 468, 472 books 385, 426, 427 Akwidaa (Gha) 189 Abidjan 138-43, 140, 142 airports 467-8 arts centres 93, 157, 190, 321, 329, 337, 339 Assinie (CI) 146 accommodation 139 Burkina Faso 75 Ashanti peoples 429 Boa Vista (CV) 126 drinking & nightlife 141 Cameroon 104, 105 Assinie 146 Buchanan (L) 227 food 139-41 Cape Verde 135, 136 Assomada 112 Cap Skiring (S) 343-5 shopping 141-2 Côte d’Ivoire 150-1, 151 Atakora region 16, 50-1 Dakar (S) 325 sights 138-9 Gambia, The 169 Atakpamé 373-4 Freetown (SL) 12, 351, tourist information 142-3 Ghana 202 Atâr 245-6 356-7, 12 travel to/within 143 Guinea-Bissau 218 Atlantic Coast (Mia) 243-5 Gambia, The 161 Abomey 48-9 Liberia 232-3 Atlantic Coast (Mor) 262-72 Harper (L) 229 Abono 193 Mauritania 252-3, 253 Atlantic Coast & Serekunda Ilha de Bubaque (GB) 214 Abouzeid, Rabati Leila 402 Morocco 292, 293 (Gam) 156-64, 158-9 Kribi (C) 93-4 Abuja 312 Nigeria 319 accommodation 157-61 Limbe (C) 87 Abuko Nature Reserve 164 Senegal 347-8 activities 156-7 Lomé (T) 371 accommodation 452-3, see Sierra Leone 363 drinking & nightlife 162-3 Maio (CV) 129 also individual locations Togo 378 food 161-2 Mindelo (CV) 113, 116-17 language 491, 493, 495 to/from West Africa 467-8 shopping 163 Monrovia (L) 226 Accra 171-81, 174-5, 178, 413 within West Africa 472 sights 156-7 Nouakchott (Mia) 241 accommodation 176-7 Aïsha 246 tourist information 163 Quinhámel (GB) 215 activities 171-81 Aït Benhaddou 285 tours 157 safety 169, 450 Akosombo 181-2 travel to/within 163-4 Santa Maria (CV) 124, 125 Akwidaa 189 ATMs 459 São Filipe (CV) 122 Map Pages 000 Amedzofe 182 Ayoûn el-Atroûs 248 Sassandra (CI) 146 Photo Pages 000 amoebic dysentery 488 Varela (GB) 215 506 beads 423-4, 424 Cameroon 105 bronze 427 Togo 379 Ben Amira 246 Cape Verde 116, 136 Brufut 164-5 within West Africa 474-6 ben Jelloun, Tahar 402 Gambia, The 169 Buba 215 bushbucks 440, 438 Benin 32, 36-56, 37 Guinea-Bissau 219 Buchanan 227-8 bushwalking, see hiking accommodation 36, 53 Morocco 293 budget 19, see also business hours 19, see also arts & craftwork 53 Nigeria 319 individual locations individual locations INDEX budgeting 38 Sierra Leone 363-4 Buea 86-7 Busua 188-9 business hours 54 Bobo peoples 430-1 buffaloes 440 Butre 188 climate 36 Bobo-Dioulasso 64-7, 66, 2 bumsters 169 B-C Bunce Island 358 culture 52 Boca de Coruja 119 C Burkina Faso 32, 57-75, drinking 53 bogolan cloth 422 Cactus silk 423 58-9, 395, 434 embassies 53 Boko Haram 304, 312, 451 Caine Prize for African environment 53 Bolgatanga 195-6 accommodation 57, 73 Writing 402 arts & craftwork 73 food 36, 53, 399 books 400-3, see also Calabar 310-12 budgeting 65 highlights 37 individual locations Calhau 116 business hours 74 history 52 architecture 428 Calheta 129 climate 57 holidays 54 arts & craftwork 385, calligraphy 427 426, 427 drinking 73 internet access 54 camels 245, 247, 248, children 456 economy 71 money 54 285, 290 cooking 398 embassies 74 opening hours 54 Cameroon 32, 76-105, 78-9 driving 469 environment 73 planning 36 accommodation 76, 103 environmental issues food 57, 73 politics 51-2 activities 103 446 highlights 58-9 population 52 arts & craftwork 102 festivals 435 history 72 religion 52-3 budgeting 77 health 483 holidays 74 safety 54, 451 business hours 103 history 181, 385, 387, internet access 74 slavery 45 climate 76 388, 391, 437 money 74 telephone services 54 culture 101-2 jewellery 420, 423 opening hours 74 tours 56 drinking 102 music 413, 418 planning 57 travel seasons 36 embassies 103 Nigeria 316 politics 71 travel to/within 55-6 emergencies 103 religion 405, 409, 410 population 73 visas 54-5 environment 102 Sierra Leone 361 religion 73 women travellers 55 festivals 103 slavery 391 safety 74, 451 Benin City, Nigeria 310 food 76, 102 textiles 421, 422 telephone services 74 Berber peoples 430 highlights 78-9 wildlife 439 travel seasons 57 Berlin Conference 391, 393 history 101 women 396, 397 travel to/within 75 Bertoua 100 holidays 104 border crossings 468-9 visas 74-5 Beti, Mongo 402 internet access 103 Algeria 470, 471 bus travel 19, 474-6, 479, bicycle travel, see cycling money 103 Benin 51, 55 see also minibus opening hours 103 biodiversity 441 Burkina Faso 75 travel planning 76 birds 441-2 Cameroon 104-5 Benin 56 politics 100-1 bird-watching Central African Republic Burkina Faso 75 postal services 104 Cape Verde 126 470 Cameroon 105 safety 104, 451 Gambia, The 164, 166 Chad 469 Côte d’Ivoire 151 sports 102 Mauritania 245 Congo 470 Ghana 203 telephone services 104 Nigeria 313 Côte d’Ivoire 151 Liberia 233 tours 97 Senegal 336, 340 Liberia 233 Morocco 293 travel seasons 76 Bissau 209-13, 210 Libya 470 Togo 379 travel to/within 104-5 black market 459 Mauritania 253 within West Africa blacksmiths 424, 426 Morocco 292 474-6 visas 104 Bo 359 Nigeria 319 bush taxi travel 19, 474-6 Campo 95 Boa Vista 126-8 Senegal 348 Benin 55-6 Canhabaque 214, 17 boat travel 471, 474, see Sierra Leone 363 Burkina Faso 75 canoeing 195 also canoeing, pirogue Togo 379 Côte d’Ivoire 151 canyons 286 travel Western Sahara 470 Gambia, The 169 Cap Skiring 10, 343-5, 11 Boukombé 50 Liberia 233 Cape Bojador 387 brass 427 Mauritania 253-4 Cape Coast 183-6, 184 Map Pages 000 Brava 128 Nigeria 319 Cape Point 161 Photo Pages 000 bread 399, 399 Sierra Leone 364 Cape Three Points 189 507 Cape Verde 33, 106-36, 107 Casablanca 266-7, 268 business hours 150 internet access 331 accommodation 106, 133 Casamance 340-5, 342-3 climate 137 medical services 331 activities 133-4 castles, see also forts culture 149 money 331 arts & craftwork 131-2 Cape Coast Castle (Gha) drinking 149 safety 331 books 134 183-4, 186-7 electricity 150 sights 321-5 budgeting 108 Osu Castle (Gha) 171 embassies 149-50 telephone services 331 climate 106 St George’s Castle (Gha) emergency services 149 tourist information 331-2 INDEX culture 131 186, 13, 387 environment 149 travel to/within 332-3 drinking 132-3 cathedrals, see churches festivals 150 Dakhla 272 electricity 135 cell phones 18, 463-4 food 137, 149 Dan peoples 431 C- embassies 134 Ceuta 261 health 150 dance 65, 144, 207, 355, E emergency services 134 Chã da Igreja 118-19 highlights 138 415, 421, 435 environment 132 Chefchaouen 260-3, 262-3 history 148-9 dangers, see safety festivals 134 children, travel with 455-6 holidays 150 Dapaong 375 food 106, 132-3 chimpanzees 227, 311, 358, languages 150 deep vein thrombosis 483 highlights 107 359, 440 money 150 deforestation 445-6 history 130-1 Chinguetti 247 opening hours 150 dengue fever 484 holidays 134 cholera 484 planning 137 desert expeditions 453-4 internet access 134 Christianity 409-10, 434 politics 148 desertification 446-7 internet resources 134 churches safety 150, 451 diamonds 360 language 135 Cathedrale St Paul, telephone services 150 diarrhoea 488-9 Abidjan 139 maps 134 travel seasons 137 diphtheria 484 First United Methodist money 134 travel to/within 150-1 disabilities, travellers Church, Monrovia 222 planning 106 visas 150 with 464 St John’s Maroon diving 124, 126, 133, 454 politics 130 Church, Freetown 351 Cotonou 38-43, 40-1 Dixcove 188 population 131 São Francisco monastery accommodation 38-9 Djingliya 99 postal services 134 & church, Cidade drinking & nightlife 40-1 Doe, Samuel 230 religion 131 Velha 111 food 39 Dogon peoples 431-2 responsible tourism 133 Cidade Velha 111 safety 42 Dômes de Fabedougou 68 safety 134-5, 451 cinema 382, 403-4 shopping 41-2 slavery 130 Burkina Faso 403 sights 38 Douala 83-6, 84-5 telephone services 135 Fespaco 404 travel to/within 43 Drâa Valley 285-6 travel seasons 106 Liberia 231 coupé-decalé 144 drinking 397-9, see also individual locations travel to/within 135-6 Mali 403 courses 184-5 language 491, 493-4, visas 135 Morocco 285, 404 Cova 119 496 women travellers 135 music 411, 415, 419 craftwork, see arts & driving, see car & car & motorcycle travel 19, Nigeria 404 craftwork motorcycle travel 468, 469, 476-8 Senegal 403, 404 credit cards 461 driving licences 477 Benin 56 climate 18, 23-5, see also Creek Town 311 drought 442 Burkina Faso 75 individual locations crocodiles 156-7, 196, dunes 286 Cameroon 105 climate change 467 442-3 dye pits 313 Cape Verde 136 cocoa 193 Cruzinha 119 driving licences 477 conservation 447-8,