The focus for Teaching International in 2017-2018 is West Africa.

The theme for the 2017-2018 academic year is migration.

Countries included in West Africa are usually the following:

  • Benin
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cape Verde
  • Ivory Coast
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Guinea Bissau
  • Liberia
  • Mail
  • Mauritania
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Togo

The map below shows all of Africa, with the western region outlined in blue.

Map of Africa from World Factbook

Map of Africa (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook//graphics/ref_maps/political/jpg/africa.jpg)