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 by traveldave
By about 1790, Saint-Louis had become a busy port and trading center, and was one of the most important cities in French West Africa. Its importance was recognized in the early nineteenth century when the city became the capital of all of French West Africa, and remained so until 1902 when the capital was moved to Dakar. At that time, Saint-Louis remained the capital of Senegal and Mauritania, but in 1958 Dakar became the capital of those provinces as well.
Nowadays, Saint-Louis is known for its fine colonial architecture, which was preserved by a lack of development after the city lost its role as the capital of the French colonies in Africa. UNESCO declared Saint-Louis a World Heritage Site, and this has resulted in rapid renovation of the colonial buildings.
Saint-Louis is also well-known to jazz afficionados, as it is the home of the Saint-Louis International Jazz Festival. This festival, which is held during the second weekend of May, attracts jazz performers and fans from around the world. Leave a Comment
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 Malinese bordertown, Diboli by sachara
In Kidira, the Senegalese bordertown, you have first to get a stamp at the policepost, before you can cross the borderriver. This police post is not at the border, but somewhere else in town. There are people around who can show you the way.
You don't need a visa for Mali in advance, but can buy it at the border. That means you get a stamp in your passport and have to register within 48 hours in Bamako, the capital. First we had to pay 100 euro for each stamp. Finally we paid 25 euro. First they needed a ID-picture of all of us. When they ran out of forms, they gave some of the pictures back.
All together all the formalities at the Senegalese and Malinese side of the border took us almost 4 hours. Leave a Comment
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 cyber cafe by sachara
The only problem was there was a long waiting time, because all the computers were occupied by the youngsters of the town. Internet is becoming very popular in every African country, especially with the young people. Almost every boy or girl I met, who liked to exchange addresses has an e-mail account, mostly yahoo. Leave a Comment
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 by traveldave
To enter the city from the south, which is what I did, it is necessary to cross a causeway over the Saloum River. It is along this causeway that the city dump is located. The garbage seems to be perpetually burning, and acrid smoke fills the air, making it like a scene out of Hell. And people actually make a living in the dump, living in tin shacks and sorting through the garbage to find anything of value that can be resold or reused. The city center itself is filthy and strewn with garbage and animal droppings. This is not a good first impression to have of a city.
Despite Kaolack's lack of attractions for visitors, its central location makes it a stop-over point for travelers passing from northern Senegal to Gambia, or other parts of Africa to the south or east. Therefore, there are some adequate hotels in the city that cater to tourists, but most travelers in Kaolack are just passing through to more interesting and better places beyond. Leave a Comment
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 Velingara by sachara
The 25 KM long road between Basse and Velingara is unpaved, dusty and bumpy. The Badiara Senegalese borderpost between those two towns in the middle of nowhere is told to be the most friendliest borderpost entering Senegal.
We arrived in Velingara in the late afternoon without CFA, The petrol station didn't take euros and the banks were closed. So it took some time before we had CFAs , could refuel and continue our route in the direction of Tambacounda. Leave a Comment
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 by traveldave
Richard Toll was founded in the 1830s when Baron Jacques Roger, then-governor of Senegal, constructed a château on the banks of the Taouey River, a tributary of the Senegal River. The ornamental gardens surrounding the château were laid out by Claude Richard. The town that grew up around the château was eventually called Richard Toll, which means "Richard's Garden." Leave a Comment
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 by traveldave
Amadou Bamba was born in 1850 and became an Islamic evangelist. By 1887 he had acquired a large following and had established the Mouride Islamic Brotherhood. This brotherhood emphasized hard physical labor as a pathway to spiritual salvation. (Bamba was a wealthy landowner, and many of his followers were "persuaded" to engage in hard physical labor on his plantations). Bamba's anti-French rhetoric and the power he enjoyed from his large following led to his being exiled by the colonial government. He returned to Senegal in 1907 after 20 years. After he died, he was buried in the city's huge mosque.
A mass pilgrimage called the Grand Magal takes place once a year, 48 days after the Islamic new year. It celebrates Amadou Bamba's return from exile, and attracts over 500,000 pilgrims from Senegal and Gambia. Leave a Comment
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 by johnsakura
There's lots of tough steak and chips, heavy sauces and imported canned food. For a menu expect to pay CFA4500-6000, and upward od CFA3500 for the "plat". Thera re some french restaurants and many typical Senegalese ones.
Info taken from Lonely Planet book on West Africa Leave a Comment
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 by johnsakura
Senegal it's mostly dry and seasonally mild and its health care system is not very bad if you need somthing, big cities will surely help you out decently.
Treatments and vaccines you may have to take before you go to West Africa and diseases you can find:
Typhoid
Malaria treatment (prophylaxis)
Yellow Fever
Bilharzia
Diphtheria
Arbovirus
AIDS
Cholera
Cholera inoculation
Polio
Tetanus
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Trypanosomiasis or "sleeping sickness"
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 Fula girl in Ndioum
Senegal by johnsakura
The first muslims in the country were called Tukulor who are closely related to Fula. There are also another ethnic group in Senegal called mandinka which were converte to Islam before Wolof people did. In the Southwest of the country you will find the Serer people and the Jola people which rsisted Islam until the last century. In Casamance regio nyou have ethnic groups like Diola, Bassari, Bainuk, Konyagi and Jolenke. Leave a Comment
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