Best Niger River
Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa is Mungo Park's narrative of his first expedition in West Africa, published in 1799. Park traveled from the Gambia toward the Niger River and reported that the river flowed eastward at the point where he reached it, addressing a major question in contempor...
Mungo Park was a Scottish explorer who made two expeditions into West Africa to trace the Niger River, completing the first in 1796–97 and dying on the second in 1806.
The Niger River is the principal river of West Africa, extending approximately 4,200 kilometers. Its course runs through Guinea, Mali, Niger, Benin, and Nigeria, eventually emptying into the Gulf of Guinea. The river features a unique crescent shape, flowing inland toward the Sahara before turning s...
The River Niger is a 1976 film adaptation of Joseph Walker's Tony-winning play, notable for James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson and a War soundtrack.
A large lake in northwestern Mali near Timbuktu that has largely dried up since the 1980s due to prolonged Sahelian drought and reduced Niger River flooding.
