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Hello there!
WELCOME to my Blog :)
For my Fulbright research grant, I'll be living in Niger from mid- September 2007 - June 2008. I'll be researching gender roles in the Tuareg ethnic group, working with a women's rights NGO (called Tin Hinan), learning Tamashek (the language of the Tuaregs), and generally soaking up life in Niger to the fullest.
Thanks for checking up on me and I hope to be in touch often!
Thanks for checking up on me and I hope to be in touch often!
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- Maggie Fick
- likes biking, mangoes, maps, islands, coffee shops, and desert blues music...has lived on Bainbridge Island (WA), in Claremont (CA), Cameroon, and Washington (D.C.)...
Niger: Some Quick Facts (from CIA World Factbook)
Capital: Niamey
Population: 12,894,865 (July 2007 est.)
Land Mass: 1.267 million sq km, slightly less than twice the size of Texas
Border Countries: Algeria (956 km), Benin (266 km), Burkina Faso (628 km), Chad (1,175 km), Libya (354 km), Mali (821 km), Nigeria (1,497 km)
Languages: French (official), Hausa, Zarma/Songhai, Tamashek (Tuareg language), Fulfulde, Kanuri, Colloquial Arabic
Independent since: 3 August 1960 (from France)
President/ Prime Minister: Mamadou TANDJA (since 22 December 1999)/ Hama Amadou (replaced Seyni Oumarou on 3 June 2007 after a vote of no-confidence by the National Assembly)
Goverment: Parliamentary democracy, with a National Assembly (8 administrative divisions)
Climate: desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south
Religions: Islam 80%, other (includes indigenous beliefs and Christian) 20%
HIV/AIDS-adult prevalence: 1.2 % (2003 est)
Literacy (age 15 and over can read and write):
male: 42.9%
female: 15.1%
Development Rankings (2007): Last on the UNDP Development Index (United Nations Development Program); Worst place to be a Mother (Save the Children's Mother's Index); 3rd Most Unstable Country, behind Iraq and Afghanistan (Peace and Conflict Index)
Population: 12,894,865 (July 2007 est.)
Land Mass: 1.267 million sq km, slightly less than twice the size of Texas
Border Countries: Algeria (956 km), Benin (266 km), Burkina Faso (628 km), Chad (1,175 km), Libya (354 km), Mali (821 km), Nigeria (1,497 km)
Languages: French (official), Hausa, Zarma/Songhai, Tamashek (Tuareg language), Fulfulde, Kanuri, Colloquial Arabic
Independent since: 3 August 1960 (from France)
President/ Prime Minister: Mamadou TANDJA (since 22 December 1999)/ Hama Amadou (replaced Seyni Oumarou on 3 June 2007 after a vote of no-confidence by the National Assembly)
Goverment: Parliamentary democracy, with a National Assembly (8 administrative divisions)
Climate: desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south
Religions: Islam 80%, other (includes indigenous beliefs and Christian) 20%
HIV/AIDS-adult prevalence: 1.2 % (2003 est)
Literacy (age 15 and over can read and write):
male: 42.9%
female: 15.1%
Development Rankings (2007): Last on the UNDP Development Index (United Nations Development Program); Worst place to be a Mother (Save the Children's Mother's Index); 3rd Most Unstable Country, behind Iraq and Afghanistan (Peace and Conflict Index)
3 comments:
This post was absolutely riveting... Oh, and nice graphics!
I love your new blog and I plan to check it at least 3X everyday! Seriously though it looks great and the "title page" picture is adorable! The baby is pretty cute too...
Hehe.... I'm using your computer right now and still sitting in Tryst, clearly not working on my paper.
Miss you already (even though i'm going to see you in less than two hours)
xoxoxoox
Nora
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