Ivory Coast palm wine. Ivorians have a particular kind of small, open-air restaurant called a "maquis", which is unique to the region. A "maquis" normally features braised chicken and fish covered in onions and tomatoes, served with "attiéké" or "kedjenou". Ivory Coast Ivory Coast or Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country located in West Africa. Ivory Coast's political capital is Yamoussoukro, while its economic capital and largest city is the port city of Abidjan. It borders Guinea and Liberia to the west, Burkina Faso and Mali to the north, Ghana to the east, and the Gulf of
Geology of Liberia Geology of Liberia The geology of Liberia is largely extremely ancient rock formed between 3.5 billion and 541 million years ago in the Archean and the Neoproterozoic, with some rocks from the past 145 million years near the coast. The country has rich iron resources as well as some diamonds, gold and other minerals in ancient sediment formations weathered to higher concentrations by tropical rainfall. Two billion to 1.6 billion year old Archean and Paleoproterozoic underlie 90% of Liberia, forming the Man Shield, part of the West African Craton—a region of stable continental crust leftover from early continent formation. The