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Culture of Senegal. Subcategories. This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total. A. Archives in Senegal (1 C, 2 P) Arts in Senegal (7 C, 2 P)
Senegal has among its population many Africans from other countries. There are small Ivorian communities in Dakar, as well as many Nigerians, most of which being Hausa. Malians go almost unnoticed in Senegal because their culture is so similar to that of the Senegalese. There is a large Cape Verdean community in Dakar.
Oral traditions relate that in much of northern Senegal Mande people were the earliest inhabitants, although archaeological evidence of this is slim. [24] Africanist historian Donald R. Wright has suggested that place-names in the Gambia and Casamance regions indicate "that the earliest inhabitants might be identified most closely with one of ...
Senegal's economic and political capital is Dakar. Senegal is the westernmost country in the mainland of the Old World, or Afro-Eurasia. [14] It owes its name to the Senegal River, which borders it to the east and north. [15] The climate is typically Sahelian, though there is a rainy season. Senegal covers a land area of almost 197,000 square ...
Senegalese tea culture is an important part of daily social life. The Senegalese tea-drinking custom is essentially similar to those of other countries in the West Africa region, such as Mali , Guinea , Gambia and Mauritania .
In Senegal, where it is part of local customs and traditions, fonio is used in breakfast, lunch, and dinner dishes. The longtime neglected and underutilized crop made a renaissance with the invention of the fonio husking machine by Sanoussi Diakité. (left); Dambun Acha (right). [clarification needed]
The Jola or Diola (endonym: Ajamat) are an indigenous group found in Senegal, the Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau. Most Jola live in small villages scattered throughout Senegal, especially in the Lower Casamance region. [6] The main dialect of the Jola language, Fogni, is one of the six national languages of Senegal. [7]
From the old and sacred music genre of njuup, to the modern mbalax beats (derived from the Serer njuup tradition [22]), the region has a rich and old music and dance tradition. Traditional Senegalese wrestling called njom in Serer, laamb in Wolof and siɲɛta in Bambara is a favourite pastime and national sport in some parts of the region ...