Mali - exploring the mosque in Djenne, the Tuareg encampments, boatride on the Niger to the legendery Timbuktu, trekking in Dogon country. The home of Amadou et Mariam, sahara hot nights, Bamako and Mopti.
Or...
Benin - buying wierd food in the market, the centre of voodoo in Africa
Ghana - butterflies and smiles
Senegal - fast food Dakar, traditional values imbued with French influence and changing with American clutural imperialism lends itself to a funky fundamentalism, quranic teaching from the high minarets.
Sierra Leone - I know my parents would never forgive for even entertaining a thought about entering this country, but... there's the search of King Solomons mines, kerosene lamps, beaches.
Is no one else curious?
Anyone?