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Independence. In January 1959, Senegal and the French Sudan merged to form the Mali Federation, which became fully independent on 20 June 1960. The transfer of power agreement with France was signed on 4 April 1960. Due to internal political difficulties, the Federation broke up on 20 August 1960.
Senegal, [ e ] officially the Republic of Senegal, [ f ] is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of ...
Kingdom of Sine. Saloum. France. The French conquest of Senegal started in 1659 with the establishment of Saint-Louis, Senegal, followed by the French capture of the island of Gorée from the Dutch in 1677, but would only become a full-scale campaign in the 19th century.
Léopold Sédar Senghor (/ sɒŋˈɡɔːr /; French: [sɑ̃ɡɔʁ]; 9 October 1906 – 20 December 2001) was a Senegalese poet, politician, and cultural theorist who was the first president of Senegal (1960–1980). Ideologically an African socialist, Senghor was one of the major theoreticians of Négritude. He was a proponent of African ...
Tirailleurs Sénégalais under the command of Jean-Baptiste Marchand, 1898. The Senegalese Tirailleurs (French: Tirailleurs Sénégalais) were a corps of colonial infantry in the French Army. They were initially recruited from Senegal, French West Africa and subsequently throughout Western, Central and Eastern Africa: the main sub-Saharan ...
Relations between France and Senegal stretch back as early as the 14th century, when French merchants travelled to and traded among the present-day Senegalese coast. [1] France exported cloth, iron and muskets to Senegal and imported textiles, ivory, spices and slaves. [1] In 1659, France established a trading post in present-day Saint-Louis ...
Notable people. Colette Senghor (1925-2019), first First Lady of Senegal (1960-1980) Viviane Wade (born 1932), third First Lady of Senegal (2000-2012) Léa Buet (born 1989), French-Senegalese judoka (2015 African Games) Jeanne Boutbien (born 1999), French-Senegalese swimmer (2020 Olympics)
Upper Senegal and Niger. Upper Senegal and Niger (French: Haut Sénégal et Niger) was a colony in French West Africa, created on 21 October 1904 from colonial Senegambia and Niger by the decree "For the Reorganisation of the general government of French West Africa". [1]