History of Senegal
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The history of Senegal is commonly divided into a number of periods, encompassing the prehistoric era, the precolonial period, colonialism, and the contemporary era.
Megalithic alignments in Senegal
Maad a Sinig Kumba Ndoffene Fa Ndeb Joof. King of Sine. The Royal House of Boureh Gnilane Joof.
Wolof of Waalo, in "war costume" (1846)
The List of Complaints of Saint-Louis du Sénégal (1789)
Blaise Diagne
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Blaise Diagne was a French Senegalese politician who was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1914 to 1934, representing the Four Communes of French Senegal. He was the first person of full West A
History of Senegal
…until the fall of the third republic in 1940. It was only in 1916 that originaires were granted full voting rights while maintaining legal protections. Blaise Diagne, who was the prime advocate behind the change, was in 1914 the first African deputy elected to the French National Assembly. From that time until…
Diagne in 1921