Various manuscripts and written books are brought here out of Barbarie ... WOMEN PRAISE SINGERS OF SONGHAY "In the early days of the Songhay empire there were no griots (praise singers).

Nigerian-born scientist, Father Godfrey Nzamujo, started with a small, barren piece of land in Benin in 1985. His quest to a "zero waste" agricultural system was ignited by the drought and famine ...