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Niger - English
URL: http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/countries/Niger.html

Pre-Colonial History, Post-Colonial History.

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World History Archives: West Africa - English
URL: http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/34/

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Niger - English
URL: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107843.html

Geography, History.

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History of Niger - English
URL: http://www.worldrover.com/history/niger_history.html

In the 19th century, contact with the West began when the first European explorers--notably Mungo Park (British) and Heinrich Barth (German)--explored the area searching for the mouth of the Niger River. Although French efforts at pacification began before 1900, dissident ethnic groups, especially the desert Tuareg, were not subdued until 1922, when Niger became a French colony.

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