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hebrit 07-Aug-10, 18:24	Everybody now... Let's see if we can get the names of all the African countries: Rules of the game: Only one country per person: Once you have given the name of a country, you cannot participate again. The contest ends one month from now: 7th of september. It has to be the correct name that country has now. I will act as moderator to check for correctness of the entries. A person who submits an incorrect name (or a name already given) will be asked to try again. We can do it! Ra! Ra! Ra! PPA
hebrit 07-Aug-10, 18:26	Africa 1 Lesotho is my choice
grege79 07-Aug-10, 20:01	2 - Botswana, land of the Batswana, a large population filled with Motswana speaking Setswana! A beautiful country.
coopershawk 07-Aug-10, 20:51	African Countries 3. Malawi A friend of mine spent a year there as a math teacher for the Peace Corps.
chessman48 08-Aug-10, 04:20	African Countries Nigeria In the 1970s I worked for a group that operated from the UK in Nigeria and I spent 6 weeks in Lagos. Lucky me! It was so hot and humid that if you went outside you immediately broke into a sweat.
rilke 08-Aug-10, 06:15	Deleted by rilke on 08-Aug-10, 06:20.
hebrit 08-Aug-10, 06:25	To grege79 Definitely makes you wana go there.
rilke 08-Aug-10, 06:28	African Countries 5-Democratic Republic of the Congo Not to be confused with the Republic of the Congo. Formerly known as Zaire. I remember in the World cup of 1974 (Germany), Zaire playing a game versus another formerly country known as Yugoslavia.
obsteve 08-Aug-10, 14:20	Egypt Pyramids and stuff. We used to dock in Port Said and they would build huge jetties out to meet the ships, and in no time at all there would be a multitude stalls on the jetty, selling all kinds of stuff. Lots of poverty
hebrit 09-Aug-10, 06:53	Note on Lesotho I picked Lesotho just to start things going, and because I figured it is such a small country, it could have been left out. I have never been to Africa, not to mention Lesotho. If anybody has been there, or knows a Lesothoan (or Lesothoinian ?), let me know. And the name sounds so poetic, it seems.
hebrit 16-Aug-10, 12:46	Are we going to make it? So far, we have 6 African countries. Somebody else must have an idea. Seems like there are enough people on this forum. Come on, don't be shy. About 3 weeks left to go.
obsteve 16-Aug-10, 13:55	Hi Hebrit I reckon we should be allowed more than one country per person
sanktlucifer 16-Aug-10, 14:02	african country 7. Cameroun
hebrit 16-Aug-10, 19:46	obsteve Let's keep it this way until Friday, and then let us open the valves. That OK with you? That would be one country per day per person starting on Friday.
hebrit 19-Aug-10, 15:46	Opening the valves - 8. Ethiopia Let's go for the final sprint: maximum 1 country per day per person. 8. Ethiopia - The country where men run fast - and women are so beautiful. Do the men train while running after the women ?
chessman48 19-Aug-10, 23:11	Sierra Leone During WWII Graham Greene was stationed here for the Secret Intelligence Service and Freetown, the capital, became the setting for his novel The Heart of the Matter.
rilke 19-Aug-10, 23:46	10- Tanzania I always like the name of this country. Capital : Dodoma.
obsteve 20-Aug-10, 02:44	Morocco Casablanca is the big port there (and also the name of a great film!)
hebrit 20-Aug-10, 07:09	10 - Tanzania - What's in a name? As you probably know, the name comes from Tanganyika and Zanzibar, the two units who formed Tanzania.
hebrit 20-Aug-10, 07:15	12 - Gambia or The Gambia - another small country that could have been left out (in accordance with my motto : small is beautiful). It is enclaved in another West African country that has not been named yet, so I will not name it here.
hebrit 20-Aug-10, 14:11	Africa - 54 Africa has 54 countries. We should be able to make it by sept. 7
grege79 21-Aug-10, 00:50	Swaziland. For those who think having multiple mother in laws is a good idea!
chessman48 21-Aug-10, 05:12	Senegal French speaking. Surrounds The Gambia. Capital Dakar, the start of a long distance car race in which Mark Thatcher, Mrs T's errant son, got lost.
obsteve 21-Aug-10, 05:35	Tunisia About as far north in Africa as you can get, home to Dido, Queen of Carthage
rilke 21-Aug-10, 09:02	South Africa Home of Nelson Mandela. Site of the last World Cup !
hebrit 21-Aug-10, 13:06	17 Somalia Next to Ethiopia : the women are just as beautiful as in Ethiopia. But they are in a kind of civil war, so I would not recommend going there right now. And they have pirates. So much for the beautiful women.
rilke 21-Aug-10, 14:31	18-Algeria Albert Camus's country. The place of his great novels.
chessman48 22-Aug-10, 11:22	19-Libya If that is not too painful for our American cousins
hebrit 22-Aug-10, 11:24	19 - Madagascar An island that has a very special ecosystem (because it is an island). And a place children know a lot about.
hebrit 22-Aug-10, 11:25	So I guess Madagascar is number 20 Got me by two small minutes, chessman
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