Niger River Niger River The Niger River (; , ) is the principal river of West Africa, extending about . Its drainage basin is in area. Its source is in the Guinea Highlands in southeastern Guinea. It runs in a crescent through Mali, Niger, on the border with Benin and then through Nigeria, discharging through a massive delta, known as the Niger Delta or the Oil Rivers, into the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. The Niger is the third-longest river in Africa, exceeded only by the Nile and the Congo River (also known as the Zaïre River). Its main tributary
Our Lady of the Nile société qui chemine inexorablement vers l'horreur" ("With bitter and tense writing, "Our Lady of the Nile" depicts a society walking inexorably towards horror"). Brian P. Kelly of "The New Criterion" wrote that the book "is a snapshot of the social and racial conflicts that eventually led to the 1994 massacres." Madeleine LaRue of "Music & Literature" wrote that "The West has indeed too often dismissed suffering in Africa, but books like "Our Lady of the Nile" remind us why we must not be dismissive, why we must not look away." The story takes place at an all-girls lycée at the