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  2. Senegalese Americans - Wikipedia

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    So, Goree Island, located a few miles off the coast of Senegal in the Atlantic Ocean, was the place from which the Europeans and Americans trafficked West and Central Africans to the former British colonies of North America, during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and even after of the official abolition of slavery in the nineteenth ...

  3. Ethnic groups in Senegal - Wikipedia

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    Map of the ethnic groups of Senegal drawn by David Boilat (1853). There are various ethnic groups in Senegal. According to "CIA World Factbook: Senegal" (2019 estimates), the ethnic groups are Wolof (39%); Fula (probably including the Halpulaar speaking Toucouleur) (27.5%)); Serer group (probably including the Serer Cangin peoples (16%)); Mandinka (4.9%); Jola (4.2%); Soninke (2.4%); other 5.4 ...

  4. Wolof people - Wikipedia

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    Archeological artifacts have been discovered in Senegal and the Gambia, such as pre-historic pottery, the 8th-century stones, and 14th-century burial mounds, but, states Gamble, these provide no evidence that links them exclusively to the Wolof ethnic group. Their name as the Wolof first appears in the records of 15th-century Portuguese travelers.

  5. Category:Ethnic groups in Senegal - Wikipedia

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  6. List of years in Senegal - Wikipedia

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    "Senegal profile: Timeline". BBC News. Lydia Samarbakhsh-Liberge (ed.). "Chronologie: Sénégal". Histoire-afrique.org (in French). Archived from the original on 8 May 2008.. Initiated by Agence universitaire de la Francophonie

  7. Senegambia - Wikipedia

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    In 1765, the British formed the Senegambia Province. In 1778, during the American War of Independence, the French went on the offensive, and razed James Island in the River Gambia. In 1783, the Treaty of Versailles recognised British claims to The Gambia and French claims to Saint-Louis and Gorée, dissolving the Senegambia Province.

  8. Casamance conflict - Wikipedia

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    On 21 December 2011, Senegal media reported that 12 soldiers were killed in Senegal's Casamance region following a separatist rebel attack on an army base near the town of Bignona. [32] Three soldiers were killed during a clash 50 kilometers (31 mi) north of Ziguinchor. The Senegalese government blamed the conflict on separatists in the region ...

  9. Timeline of Serer history - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of the history and development of Serer religion and the Serer people of Senegal, The Gambia and Mauritania.This timeline merely gives an overview of their history, consisting of calibrated archaeological discoveries in Serer countries, Serer religion, politics, royalty, etc. Dates are given according to the Common Era.

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