Western Africa

Senegal

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Senegal is located at the westernmost point of the continent and has been an important node on trans-Saharan caravan routes, known as the “Gateway to Africa.” Most of the population is Wolof, whose traditional structure includes a hereditary nobility and a class of musicians and storytellers called griots. Archaeological findings show that Senegal was already inhabited in prehistoric times. The region was for a long time part of the Mandingo empires to the east, like the ancient Ghana and Djolof kingdoms, but soon represented an early point of European contact, contested by England, France, Portugal, and the Netherlands. In the late 19th century, it ultimately fell under French control. In the late 19th century, it ultimately fell under French control. Under the leadership of the writer and statesman Léopold Senghor, also a leader in the Négritude movement (a protest against the French policy of assimilation and a reassertion of the positive values of African culture) the country achieved its independence in 1960, first as part of the Mali Federation and then as a whole sovereign state.

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Art makers in Senegal
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Artist

Omar Ba
Artist

Aldi Diasse

Dakar
Artist

Ousmane Niang

Dakar
Artist

Cheikh Ndiaye

Dakar
Artist

Vincent Michéa

Dakar
Artist

Serigne Ibrahima Dieye

Dakar
Artist

Omar Victor Diop

Dakar
Artist

Aliou Diack

Dakar
Artist

Amadou Kane Sy

Dakar
Artist

Henri Sagna

Dakar
Artist

Zohra Bensamra
Artist

Piniang

Dakar
Artist

Serigne Mbaye Camara
Artist

Oumar Ly
Artist

Soly Cisse'
Artist

Ibrahima Dieye

Dakar
Artist

Seyni Awa Camara

Bignona
Artist

Siaka Traore Soppo
Photographer

Laeila Adjovi
Events in Senegal
Quand le geste libère, Dakar, Senegal, Art and About Africa
Exhibition

When the gesture releases

Dakar
FRÈRES D’ÂME, oh gallery, galerie la manege, dakar, senegal, art and about africa
Exhibition

Frères d'ame

Dakar
quicksand, oh gallery, art and about africa, contemporary african art, artmap, african art map, art map africa
Exhibition

Quicksand

Dakar
Exhibition

The moulting time | Patrick Joël Tatcheda Yonkeu

Dakar
Exhibition

Kaleidout'scope by Ndoye Dout

Dakar
Exhibition

Matiere

Dakar
Biennale

Dak'Art, La Biennale de Dakar

Dakar
Art spaces in Senegal
Museum

Musée des Civilisations Noires

Dakar
Art Gallery

Galerie Atiss Dakar

Dakar
Art Gallery

Oh Gallery

Dakar
Art Gallery

Galerie Arte

Dakar
Art Gallery

Galerie Le Manege

Dakar
Museum

IFAN Museum of African Arts

Dakar
Art Gallery

La Galerie Antenna

Dakar
Museum

Leopold Sedar Senghor French Institute

Dakar
Art Gallery

Loman Art HOuse

Dakar
Museum

Museum of Black Civilisations

Dakar
Art Gallery

Raw Material Company

Dakar
Art Gallery

Galerie Cécile Fakhoury | Dakar

Dakar
Cities in Senegal
Bignona

Western Africa
Bignona
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Dakar

Dakar, being the capital and largest city of the Independent Republic of Senegal, is now one of western Africa’s chief seaports, protected by the limestone cliffs of the cape and by a system of breakwaters.

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Dakar
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Podor

Western Africa
Podor
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