WestAfrican sites with archaeobotanical remains from third to first millennium cal bc. The arrows indicate directions of pearl millet diffusion into sub-Saharan WestAfrica. AfricanTime is the tendency to a relaxed, indifferent attitude towards time and starting events or arriving at meetings/classes/parties at their scheduled times. It is the acceptance that nothing will start at the absolute time indicated on the schedule. What is WesternAfrica?As conventionally understood, however, WestAfrica is primarily a political and economic designation and comprises all the areas considered here except Cameroon, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, and the Saharan parts of Mali, Mauritania, and Niger. Africa is often divided intothe regions of North Africa, WestAfrica, Central Africa, South Africa and East Africa. The continent consists of 54 independent states and 8 territories. Stories like Bassie's abound in Sierra Leone, a small nation in WestAfrica with more than 300km of coastline sandwiched between Guinea and Liberia. The country's 11-year civil war that ended in 2002 killed more than 50,000 people and displaced 2.6 million more. It’s Mad Max out ofAfrica — and Broken Hill isn’t happy about it. Access over 160 million publication pages and stay up to date with what's happening in your field.