The Beauty that is Africa Thread......:lawd:

[Sonni]

A LITTLE BIT OF SENEGAL

Senegal officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country in West Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north. Senegal is externally bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and has a coastline of 531 km. The Gambia is almost an enclave within Senegal. Dakar, the capital city of Senegal, is continental Africa’s westernmost city.
Although predominantly Muslim, Senegal is a tolerant secular state, whose ethnic groups have lived together peacefully for several generations and have intermingled to some extent. Interethnic marriages and Islam are unifying factors. Wolof is the national language spoken by more than 80% of the population.

The spread of education and increased economic opportunity have modified a traditional social structure based on kinship, but the majority of the people adhere to the traditional values of Kersa (respect for others) and Tegin (good manners). Teranga (hospitality) is also a common value Senegalese share.



General information:
• Ethnic Groups : Wolof, Haal-Pulaar, Serer, Diola, Mandinka, Lebou, Soninke, ...
About 50,000 Europeans (mostly French) as well as smaller numbers of Lebanese, Mauritanians and other arabs reside in western Senegal’s cities
• Major languages: Wolof (lingua franca), French(official), Fulani
• Major religion: 94% Islam, 5% Christian, 1% Animist
• Governance: Republic under multi-party democratic rule, Senegal is the only West African country where the army has never seized power
• Population: 13,300,410 (July 2013 est.)
• Capital: Dakar (est. 2,8 million)
• Urban population: 42% of total population (2010)
• Major trade partners: Mali, India, France, China, UK, Nigeria, Netherlands, Italy, Spain




Hospitality is given such importance in Senegalese culture that it is widely considered to be part of the national identity. The Wolof word for hospitality is "Teranga" and it is so identified with the pride of Senegal that the national football team is known as the ''Lions of Teranga''.



If you have nice pictures of Senegal, you are welcome to post them here.
__________________

Senegal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Sonni]

A good reason to visit Senegal

www.LeSenegal.com

 

[Sonni]

Gorée, Senegal

Île de Gorée by sentex64, on Flickr


Rue Brierre de l´Isle, Saint-Louis
Saint-Louis by jandudas, on Flickr



Untitled by cramercasey, on Flickr



Casamance Tree by peggydaly, on Flickr


foot by jandudas, on Flickr


streetlife by jandudas, on Flickr


Senegal schoolgirls
girls by jandudas, on Flickr


Stephanie Roback - Saint-Louis, Senegal by borgesaleph, on Flickr

 

[Sonni]

the capital, Dakar
InnovAfrica 2012 Dakar by SylvainMaire, on Flickr


corniche taxi by noodlepie, on Flickr


dakar architecture by jandudas, on Flickr


downtown dakar by noodlepie, on Flickr


Rue Vincens by jandudas, on Flickr

IFAN Museum of African Art
IFAN Museum of African Art by jandudas, on Flickr


Sénégal 19 by Images d'Afrique, on Flickr

 

[Sonni]

Senegal - Royal Lodge Hotel view #1 by Nikkko, on Flickr


Reading the Koran by Flapweb, on Flickr


C215 - Dakar (Senegal) by C215, on Flickr


N'gor - Dakar, Senegal. by Sinsistema, on Flickr


Senegal 1 - Cameroon 0 - Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor by Jeff Attaway, on Flickr


Senegal_Fatou_Gaye_62 by FootballsHiddenStory, on Flickr


Sur les rives du fleuve Sénegal: Saint-Louis. by claude gourlay, on Flickr



Moments in life: Women by Teresa's Place/, on Flickr


Les Quatre Vents… were a constant company during our 5 years stay in Senegal by Teresa's Place/, on Flickr

2014 by Teresa's Place/, on Flickr

 

[Sonni]

Senegal. Dakar. by Teresa's Place/, on Flickr


Senegal. Dakar. by Teresa's Place/, on Flickr


- by Teresa's Place/, on Flickr


Senegal. Dakar. by Teresa's Place/, on Flickr


Senegal. Dakar. by Teresa's Place/, on Flickr


Senegal. Dakar. Street View. by Teresa's Place/, on Flickr


Senegal. Dakar. by Teresa's Place/, on Flickr

 

[Sonni]

in two weeks I’ll be walking in these streets once again
DSC_6011 by immobiliersngal, on Flickr


DSC_8869 by immobiliersngal, on Flickr


Senegal. Dakar. by Teresa's Place/, on Flickr


Senegal. Dakar. View from a 7th floor. by Teresa's Place/, on Flickr


IMG_1461 by immobiliersngal, on Flickr


this is the furthest point west on the African mainland !!!
most west - plus à l'ouest by Jeff Attaway, on Flickr


Ngor Island, Senegal
Ile de Ngor by Jeff Attaway, on Flickr


Phare des Mamelles by Jeff Attaway, on Flickr


another sunset by Jeff Attaway, on Flickr


Ngor Island - View From Hotel Diarama by Jeff Attaway, on Flickr


Mosque at Touba! by transafrica.togo, on Flickr


Lake by Jeff Attaway, on Flickr

 

[Sonni]

great thread. I’ll be back brethren

 

[bambinokino]

delete

 

[Sonni]

A LITTLE BIT OF THE AFRICAN SAHEL REGION

The Sahel is the ecoclimatic and biogeographic zone of transition between the Sahara desert in the North and the Sudanian Savannas in the south. It stretches across the north of the African continent between the Atlantic Ocean and the Nile River. The Arabic word sāḥil ساحل literally means "shore, coast", describing the appearance of the vegetation of the Sahel as a coastline delimiting the sand of the Sahara.

The traditional Sahel covers parts of the territory of (from west to east) Senegal, southern Mauritania, most of Mali, northern Burkina Faso, most of Niger, northern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, middle belt of Chad, (some include Southern Algeria, parts of Sudan see Darfur). In these countries the Sahel has attracted a population as varied as its environment. Some are semi-nomadic cattle herders, moving with the seasonal flooding of the Niger or Senegal River for ex. Others are farmers, making out a living from millet and sorghum. The border with the Sahara and the Sudanic zone is fluid and many of the people found in one region can be found in the other. But many groups owe their culture strictly to the Sahel.


Over the history of the Western Sudan region the region has been home to some of the most advanced kingdoms benefiting from trade across the desert. Collectively these states are known as the Sahelian kingdoms. The historical Western Sudan had no fixed geopolitical boundaries or singular ethnic or national identities.Consequently historical Western Sudan overlaps in culture, history and ethnicities with the core Sahel.The Sahel states were limited from expanding south into the forest zone of the Ashanti and Yoruba as mounted warriors were all but useless in the forests and the horses and camels could not survive the heat and diseases of the region.



General information:
• Ethnic Groups : Wolof, Hausa, Fulani, Songhay, Daza, Soninke, Mossi, Malinke, Kanuri, Zaghawa, Bambara and many more
• Major languages: Songhay, Soninké, , Bambara, Hausa, Arabic, Fulani, Malinké, Wolof, Moré, Zarma and many more
• Major religion: Islam

__________________

 

[Sonni]

Tombouctou by Johanne la photographe, on Flickr



SAHEL VILLAGE STREET IN NORTHERN SENEGAL

street by ckirkley, on Flickr


MALIANS STUDYING THE QURAN IN DJENNE

studying Koran in Djenné - Mali by Frank Janssens, on Flickr


SOMEWHERE IN BURKINA FASO

De Dos au lac by roladrem, on Flickr


CHADIAN WOMEN

Première Urgence, Arkoum, Tchad by premiere-urgence, on Flickr


MALIANS ON HORSEBACK

NEAR ZINDER, NIGER

Sultan's Palace, Zinder by Pfoertners, on Flickr



NEAR ZINDER, NIGER

zinder 071 by adanbouzoua, on Flickr



MAURITANIAN VILLAGE ALONG THE ROAD BETWEEN NOUAKCHOTT AND BAMAKO

08 - MAURITANIE - de Nouakchott a Nioro du sahel (7) by voyageur630, on Flickr

 

[Sonni]

MAN WITH HIS CAMEL, BURKINA FASO

Man with His Camel by jdf_927, on Flickr



WOMEN IN NOTHERN CAMEROON

African women staring, Northern Cameroon by Bernard l Hermite, on Flickr


DJENNE, MALI

Leaving the adobe mud Grande Mosque of Djenne, Mali by Phil Marion, on Flickr



DJENNE, MALI

exiting the mosque - Djenne, Mali by Phil Marion, on Flickr



MALIAN MAURITANIAN BORDER REGION

African Sahel Fashion by Osvaldo_Zoom, on Flickr


FULANI BOYS IN FERLO REGION, SENEGAL

Allevatori by martyghela, on Flickr



DURBAR FESTIVAL IN KATSINA, NIGERIA

Katsina Charge by jay_kilifi, on Flickr

 

[Sonni]

TYPICAL SOUTHERN SAHEL VEGETATION, MALI

Mali by lookzippy, on Flickr



VILLAGERS SOMEWHERE IN MALI

Mali by lookzippy, on Flickr



NOMADS IN DARFUR, SUDAN
local transport in darfur by David Haberlah, on Flickr



MAURITANIAN MUSICIANS

Musicians by Swiatoslaw Wojtkowiak, on Flickr



RURAL BURKINA FASO AFTER THE RAINY SEASON

sahel sept 2009 074 by Maillet Family, on Flickr



NIGER RIVER, MALI

Mali, Inner Nigerdelta by crispin52, on Flickr



BEAUTIFUL CHADIAN FAMILY

chad - guards family by archetypes, on Flickr

 

[Sonni]

Nomad encampment in Mauritania, near the Malian border

08 - MAURITANIE - de Nouakchott a Nioro du sahel (19) by voyageur630, on Flickr



Northern Sahel landscape

08 - MAURITANIE - de Nouakchott a Nioro du sahel (25) by voyageur630, on Flickr



Sankore mosque functioned as a university, which by the 16th century was one of the largest in the Muslim world with more than 2500 students

Sankore mosque - Timbuktu by JCH Travel, on Flickr



Fulani family, northern Mali

peul family,North of Mali towards Mauritania by luca.gargano, on Flickr


Men walking in Agadez, Niger

DSC_4671 Agadez mosque, day by Swiatoslaw Wojtkowiak, on Flickr



Songhai man from Timbuctu

Songhai from Timbuctu by luca.gargano, on Flickr



somewhere along the River Niger in Niger

Park W pirogue village 4 by NomadefromGermany, on Flickr



Market in Niger, near the malian border

P1060479 by NomadefromGermany, on Flickr


old man near Tambacounda, Senegal

Pulaar Man in the Tambacounda Region of Senegal by Xena Warrior Wolof Princess, on Flickr



young herder in Nara, Mali

Nara, Mali by Béatitude, on Flickr



Gao, Mali

Gao Mali by taniayyz, on Flickr



Songhay men playing music, Northern Mali

Super-11 by lotor-matic, on Flickr



prayer time in Maradi, southern Niger

MN20080131_niger0140 by Operation Dagsværk, on Flickr



family, Maradi, southern Niger

MN20080210_niger0013 by Operation Dagsværk, on Flickr

 

[Fox]

Senegal - Royal Lodge Hotel view #1 by Nikkko, on Flickr

Extra tranquil, love it.