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- Literature is featured through storytelling, traditional poetry, folktales, and myths
- Storytellers are called griots
- Graphic Arts include wood sculpting, weaving, pottery, mask making, jewelry, carving, sculpting, and painting

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- Defacto (Economic) capital is Abidjan
- Administrative (Political) capital since 1983 is Yamoussoukro

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(RELIGION)
- 12% practice Christian faith
- 25% are Islam
- 63% have traditional beliefs which often include worshipping ancestors

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- The performing arts include music, dance, and festivals
- Music is shown in everyday activities and religious ceremonies
- Singins is often done in groups with traditional instruments
- Ivorians love contemporary music from America and Europe

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- As of 2018, population is 25,065,283

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- Called Republic of Cote d’ Ivoire
- Is a Presidental representative democratic republic
- President is head of state and government issues
- Multi-party system
- Yamoussoukro has been capital since 1983
- Abidjan is the administrative center
- Has executive, judicial, and legislative branches in Government
- Chief of state is President Alassane Ouattara
- Head of Government is Prime Minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly

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President Obama Speaks to the People of Côte d'Ivoire

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- Ethnic groups bring diversity to country’s cuisine
- Agni and Abron farm cocoa and coffee
- People near the coast eat seafood
- The Senufo cultivate rice, yams, peanuts, and millet (A type of grain)
- Rely on root vegetables to sustain diet
- If people can’t afford meat, chicken and fish are favorites to Ivorians
- Dishes often are spicy
-Locals eat with hands
- The best place to sample the country’s cuisine are outdoor markets, street vendors, and maquis (Restaurants unique to Cote d’ Ivoire)

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- Among the world’s largest producers/ exporters of coffee, cocoa beans, palm oil
- Economy is stable and growing due to political issues in the past
- Mainly market based, heavily depends on Agriculture
- 70% of citizens in Ivory Coast are engaged in Agricultural activity

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A new future for farming in Cote d'Ivoire

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(FASHION)
- Locals wear a mix of traditional and western clothes
- Women still like to wear traditional, bright colored dresses called pagnes

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- French is introduced during colonial period
- In 1893, Ivory Coast became a French colony
- French is taught in schools
- French serves as a Lingua Franca
- Captain Binger was appointed governor
- French wanted to stimulate production of exports
- Exports mainly included coffee, cocoa, and palm oil crops

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- Official language is French
- Multilingual country with about 70 languages spoken

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How Many Languages Are Spoken In Ivory Coast?

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(HOW TO MAKE ALOKO/FRIED BANANAS)
INGREDIENTS:
- 5 bananas
- oil
STEPS:
1) Cut bananas lengthwise then into small pieces
2) Pour 4 inches of oil into saucepan, then heat until boiling
3) Place 1/2 of bananas in oil
4) Fry on both sides until reddish-brown, then remove
5) Fry other 1/2 of bananas, then remove
6) Serve up to 6 people

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- Festivals of masks (Fetes des masques) is in December in Mah region
- There are competitions between villages for best dancer
- People honor and pay respect for forest spirits designed and personified in the masks
- One of the biggest and most known festivals
- Bouake is a week-long carnival held every March
- Fete du Dipri is in Gomon and in April
- Starts close to midnight and lasts to the late afternoon the next day
- Other religious festivals

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- Mostly a vast plateau
- Includes Guinea Highlands in NorthWest with peaks higher than 1,000 meters
- Western Sub-Saharan Africa
- Borders Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina, Ghana, and Atlantic Ocean

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Geography Now! Ivory Coast (Côte D'ivoire)