Countries of Africa Survivor GHANA IS THE SURVIVOR!

[big bad fab]

Morocco
Senegal

[Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]]

South-Africa
Ghana

[Hans-im-Glück]

Morocco
Mali

[homelycooking]

Namibia
Ghana

[Platypus]

Senegal
Morocco

[Hatman 🍁]

Morocco
Mali

[Edu]

Very smart guys, i guess i can't save Morocco now

Namibia
Senegal

[Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario)]

Morocco 4
Namibia 3
Senegal 3
South Africa 2
Ghana 2
Mali 2

THE TOP FIVE:
Ghana
Mali
Namibia
Senegal
South Africa

The winner will be selected from among the top five by Instant Runoff Voting. Please rank the five countries above in order of preference, with "1" being the one you want most to win, and "5" being the one you want least to win.

The Final Round is open, and will close no earlier than 7:45 pm Eastern Time on Monday, November 22nd.

[Platypus]

1: Ghana
2: Namibia
3: South Africa
4: Mali
5: Senegal

Commonwealth solidarity!

[Hatman 🍁]

Ghana - 2
Mali - 5
Namibia - 1
Senegal - 3
South Africa - 4

[homelycooking]

1 Senegal
2 South Africa
3 Ghana
4 Mali
5 Namibia

[Nhoj]

1 Mali
2 Senegal
3 Ghana
4 Namibia
5 South Africa

[big bad fab]

1 Ethiopia
Oops...

1 Egypt
Eh ? Oh yes...

1 Tanzania
This one too ?

1 Benin
Well, I'm not lucky !

1 Madagascar
Come on...

1 Libya
Bah...

etc...


1 Ghana
2 South Africa
3 Mali
4 Namibia
5 Senegal

[Hans-im-Glück]

1: Namibia
2: South Africa
3: Ghana
4: Senegal
5: Mali

Fab my favourite countries are all eliminated by you. Where is Angola, Moçambique or Cabo Verde ?

[Edu]

Ugh, horrible.

1 South Africa
2 Ghana
3 Namibia
4 Senegal
5 Mali

[Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario)]

The original ballots were:
1:Ghana>Namibia>South Africa>Mali>Senegal
1:Namibia>Ghana>Senegal>South Africa>Mali
1:Senegal>South Africa>Ghana>Mali>Namibia
1:Mali>Senegal>Ghana>Namibia>South Africa
1:Ghana>South Africa>Mali>Namibia>Senegal
1:Namibia>South Africa>Ghana>Senegal>Mali
1:South Africa>Ghana>Namibia>Senegal>Mali

Round 1:
Ghana 2
Namibia 2
Mali 1
Senegal 1
South Africa 1

Mali, Senegal, and South Africa were eliminated.



Updated ballots:
5:Ghana>Namibia
2:Namibia>Ghana

Round 2:
Ghana 5
Namibia 2





GHANA IS THE COUNTRIES OF AFRICA SURVIVOR!

[Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario)]

I just want to give a huge thank you to Fab for updating the map and increasing the aesthetic appeal of this survivor. Thanks Fab!

[Platypus]

Not quite how preferential voting works but I'll take it. Ghana is a great all-round mix of culture, history, (relatively) good governance and general likeability.

[big bad fab]

Well, the lesser evil among those which remained...

Thanks for this survivor, Vazdul.
Clean and well managed, as usual !

Now, maybe you can reveal which country was your survivor ?
(or your top 3 or top 5)

[Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]]

Damn, I missed the most important round. And the Guinean Gulf won...

Senegal
Mali
Namibia
South-Africa
Ghana

[homelycooking]

Not quite how preferential voting works but I'll take it. Ghana is a great all-round mix of culture, history, (relatively) good governance and general likeability.

Even if we do Borda count, the result is:

Ghana 27
South Africa 23
Namibia 22
Senegal 18
Mali 15

And if we eliminate the last-place candidate every round, we get:

Ghana 2
Namibia 2
Senegal 1 2
South Africa 1
Mali

Ghana 2 3
Namibia 2
Senegal 2
South Africa

Ghana 3 5
Namibia 2
Senegal

So the result is the same. Besides, no country beat Ghana in a pairwise contest.

[Platypus]

My top pick was Kenya, but I'm happy with Ghana.

[Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario)]

Now, maybe you can reveal which country was your survivor ?
(or your top 3 or top 5)

My favorite would have been Egypt. A bit of a boring pick, I know, but you can't beat it's history.

Out of the top 5 that made it to the final round, I actually would have favored Mali. The Mali and Songhai Empires have fascinating histories as well. At its peak, the city of Timbuktu was one of the biggest centers of culture and learning in the world.