{"id":12903,"date":"2022-09-23T20:10:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T00:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=12903"},"modified":"2022-09-24T23:57:45","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T03:57:45","slug":"geography-senegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=12903","title":{"rendered":"Geography: Senegal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So because we have <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.faithandlearning.org\/projects\/rodney-and-kathy-duttweiler\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rodney Duttweiller<\/a> as this week's church mission speaker on Sunday School as well as dinner this Saturday (tomorrow), I figure I'll look up the countries he's supposed to have served in, Senegal and South Africa, before I see the whole team at dinner. I'm not a big fan of American missionaries these days, but it is what it is, how else would I connect with anyone in America?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Geography Now! SENEGAL\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mFfJ_-XadbQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Looks like a face with long nose (Pointe des Almadies on Cap Vert Peninsula - advantage for trade routes) and a mouth (The small country Gambia - river to ocean).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14 regions. 70% population on West side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Capital: Dakar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most important port on Pointe des Almadies: Port of Dakar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Was French colony. St. Louis used to be the capital for 200+ years, and also was the entire French West-African Colony capital (1895 - 1902).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Independence: 1960<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Port of Dakar was main Atlantic slave transport location. Goree Island, a tourist site now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Relationships with:<br>Mali - 1959, Mali Federation for 1 year.<br>Gambia - 1982, 7 years later done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tour sites:<br>Ifan African Arts Museum<br>Gate of no return on the slave house of Goree island<br>Women's museum (Henriette Bathily)<br>Cap Manuel's Abandoned Bunker<br>Museum of Black Civilizations (Dakar)<br>Senegal Stone Circles<br>Mosquee Massalikul Jinaan (Pathways unto Heaven)<br>Grande Mosquee de Touba<br>Grande Mosquee de Dakar<br>Mosquee de la Divinite<br>African Renaissance Monument (Largest statue in Africa) built by North Korea, who also built multiple such monuments (20+) around Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senegal name comes from the Senegal River. Wolof words: Snuu Gaal\" = our boat. The transition line between Sahara desert and savannah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>North most part: Sahel - hottest, driest part.<br>Middle, above Gambia: Sudanian Savannah, green.<br>South most part: Guinea Lowlands, tropical green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No significant mountains. Situated in the basins of 4 main rivers: Saloum, Gambia River, Casamance (most Christians), Senegal River. Rivers however are blocked at Barbarie Spit, the sand bar beach by the coast, and water could only exit: town of Tassinere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pink lake: Lake Retba\/Lac Rose<br>Lac Guiers: main source of water, even for Dakar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suffers sand storm Harmattan in the North every year during dry season: Dec - April. Resulting in the Green Wall Project, barrier of trees from Senegal to Djibouti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agriculture is main industry: Peanuts, 10th largest producer in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Niololo Koba National Park in the South East<br>National animal: lion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Food: Fish, seafood =&gt; Fadiouth shell island, entire island made of sea shells.<br>Yassa, Maafe, Stuffed Perch (Capitaine a la Saint-Louisienne), Thiakry (sweet millet pudding), Bassi-salte, Soupou Kandja, Nems spring rolls (influenced from Vietnam), National dish (Thiebou dienne\/thebou Yap (Jolof rice - popular in all West African countries with their own versions) - Jolof Kingdom originated in Senegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Culture:<br>Teranga - most tolerating hospitality. Shown between Muslims and Christians, though majority is Muslim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 million people, 20 ethnic groups, 40 languages: French = Official language, but Wolof is the common one.<br>People: 41% Wolof, 18% Fula\/Peul, 16% Serer, 14% Mandinka, etc. Most Asians there are Vietnamese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Religion: 95% Muslim, rest is mostly Christian.<br>Sunni\/Sufi Maliki school of thought, like most North Africa.<br>Grand Mosque of Touba, pilgrimage known as Grand Magal, celebrating the teaching of Sheikh Amadou Banmba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wolof &amp; Serer are descended from ancient kingdoms. Serer and Fula people joke with each other as each's servants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their kind of pattern cloth: Seurou Rabal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Darkest skin tone on Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadio Mane, most famous African football player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Laamb\/Lutte avec Frappe (Wrestling with hitting) most famous sport: Objective -  have opponent's knees, shoulder or back touch the sands, or pushed out of given area. Attract foreigners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thiossane (history tradition &amp; culture)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>25% 4 wives, islamic law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Borom Sarret (The Wagoner) 1963, first film made by Black African, a Senegalese: Ousmane Semb\u00e8ne<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Borom Sarret (1963) - Short Film by Ousmane Semb\u00e8ne\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U59BefqjjtE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Musical style: Mbalax (French African mix)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>History:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Neolithic Senegambia Period<\/li><li>Ghana Empire (~500 AD)<\/li><li>Migration of Wolof Serer and other people groups<\/li><li>Berber Almoravids come in introduce Islam<\/li><li>Arab slave trade begins<\/li><li>Mali Empire<\/li><li>Songhai Empire<\/li><li>Portuguese Dinis Dias lands in the Senegal River<\/li><li>Dutch take over Goree Island<\/li><li>French and British come to take Senegal &amp; Gambia<\/li><li>Atlantic Slave Trade<\/li><li>France gives privilege to 4 communes<\/li><li>Independence from France<\/li><li>Quick Mali Federation<\/li><li>Portuguese Military Drama in Guinea Bissau in the 70s<\/li><li>1981 New President Abdou Diouf, first peaceful transition of elected official<\/li><li>Senegambia Union for 7 yaers<\/li><li>Casamance Drama<\/li><li>Tourism became major investment<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Friends:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vietnam, Lebanon (Shiite community in Senegal, made Shuwarma famous in the country), France (frenemy - the bad past, but works well together now), close with Guinea (marriages), Mali (shares lots of culture), closest is Gambia = literally the same people except Gambia colonized by UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So because we have Rodney Duttweiller as this week's church mission speaker on Sunday School as well as dinner this Saturday (tomorrow), I figure I'll look up the countries he's supposed to have served in, Senegal and South Africa, before &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=12903\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geography","category-theologization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12903"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12911,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12903\/revisions\/12911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}