Senegal trip to discover histo
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Headed for
Senegal
West Africa
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SENEGAL, WEST AFRICA...
* Area 196,192 sq km
* Population 8.5 million
* Capital…Dakar
* Official Language…French
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French and Wolof is spoken
by most people
* Religion Muslim…85%
Other religious practices…
* Christianity
* ‘Traditional Religions’
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Detailed map of Senegal
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SENEGAL,WEST AFRICA
* Ethnic Groups…
* Wolof 35% live countrywide,
predominantly in Dakar and
Thies
* Serer 17% live mainly
east - southeast of Dakar
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Art exhibit in Dakar
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A roundabout in Dakar
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Building with black angels in Dakar
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Visiting a high school
outside of Dakar
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Senegalese dress
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A Senegalese male in his ethnic outfit
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A Senegalese female in her ethnic dress
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GOREE ISLANDGOREE ISLAND
* Located 3 km east of
Dakar
* Population…1000
* Portuguese settled in 1444
* Stayed 150 years
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View of Goree IslandGoree Island from the ferry
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Goree Island…Goree Island…
One of the main ports where slaves from different parts of Africa were gathered before their horrendous journey across the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean and the Americas.
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A room where slaves were weighed
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Partial view of a room where slaves were housed
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GoreeGoree reflects the brutality
of the Slave Trade.
This can be seen in the dungeons
that previously housed the slaves.
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Holding room in House of Slaves Goree IslandGoree Island
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View of two rooms from outside
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GOREE ISLANDGOREE ISLAND
* French owned the island
in the 16th century
* The Europeans traded
slaves , gold, ivory, and
other commodities
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Curator at the House of Slaves
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Chains
held the slaves
in bondage
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Ball attached to the chains
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Standing above the slave rooms
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Today,
Goree Goree is described as…
* ‘a wonderfully peaceful
place’
* It has no modern roads
* No modern modes of
transportation
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Strolling beneath bougainvillea on Goree IslandGoree Island
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Residents relaxing on Goree IslandGoree Island
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View of Boabab trees Goree IslandGoree Island
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Visit to a Boabab tree
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SENEGAL,
WEST AFRICA
* Most Western country in
Africa
* Landscape…flat
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A busy city scene
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Bush Taxis
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Resting
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A Boabab tree and its ‘Monkey’ fruit
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A hillside of nuts
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Travelling in a donkey cart
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Sheep crossing
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Cattle crossing
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Waiting for Bush Taxis
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Recreation space outside the hospital near Diofor--a village located not far from Dakar
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Breakfast before travelling from Diofor
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Making the drum
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SENEGAL,
WEST AFRICA
Major Rivers…
*The Senegal River
*The Casamance River
*The Gambia River
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Located in middle of Senegal is the country of Gambia,
along its course the River Gambia meanders through:
* Bamboo Forests,
* Mangrove Swamps
The River borders on:
* “Cotton trees”… and
* The “Salt Flats”
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* The River Gambia
Area unsuitable for irrigation because of
‘Saline Waters’ which go very far
upstream.
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Strolling at the edge of the River Gambia
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View of a rice field
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Crossing the River Gambia
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SENEGAL, WEST AFRICA
Ethnic groups…
* Peul or Fulani 12% live
North and East along
the Senegal River
* The Mandinke… Central
Eastern areas
* The Soninke… East
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A mother and her children waiting to
cross the River Gambia
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View of the River Gambia with boats
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Waiting for the ferry
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The Casamance SenegalCasamance Senegal...
* Located to the South of
the River Gambia
*Inhabited by ethnic group
Diola (JOU-lah)
* Fertile area
* Green and lush
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DIOLA VILLAGE WASH DAY
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CHILDREN IN THE DIOLA VILLAGE COMPOUND
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A brother and a sister
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Vegetables for lunch
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Well in the backyard of the Diola home
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Pounding maize
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Traditional meal of fish and vegetables with okra condiment
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Outside the living quarters in the Diola village compound
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Outhouse in the Diola village
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Making preparations for a meal
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Some Peul villagers
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Chief of the Peul village
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Dawn in the Peul village and early activity
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The village pet
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The village lamb and chicken
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Another view of the Peul village at dawn
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The school teacher
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Hotel in Toubab Diallao a village on the outskirts of Dakar
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Second view of the hotel
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Resting in a hammock outside the hotel
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Beach at Toubab Diallao
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Second view of the hotel
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Resting in the garden of the hotel Toubab Diallo
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Maps provided by Central Intelligence Agency.
United States of America.
Sound Sound
African DrummingAfrican Drumming by Marilyn Middleton’s Dance Troop
Carribbean DrummingCarribbean Drumming by Jerry Victory
Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-KyoNam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo by Cheryl Gittens
Shaduh Uh Voodoo’Shaduh Uh Voodoo’ theme designed by Cheryl Gittens
Sound EngineeringSound Engineering by Keith Jones
Photography Photography
by
Cheryl Gittens and Lee Bouse
© Cheryl Gittens 1998.
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