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Holidays in Senegal  -  Travel information Senegal [ republic of Senegal in West Africa ].

Regions in Senegal : Dakar, Diourbel, Fatick, Kaolack, Kolda, Louga, Saint-Louis, Tambacounda, Thies, and Ziguinchor

Cities & Villages in Senegal : Bignona, Diourbel, Kaolack, Kédougou, Kolda, Linguere, Matam, Nayé, Podor, Richard-Toll, Thies, Ziguinchor

Capital City of Senegal: Dakar

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Hotels in Senegal / Hostels

 
Hotels in Dakar, Kabrousse, La Somone and Ziguinchor.

 
Centrally located hotels ranging from small family run budget accommodation to world-class five star hotels.

 

National Parks

 Parc National des Iles du Saloum
Situé à 150 km au Sud Est de Dakar, dans un milieu exceptionnel où les eaux et la terre s'interpénètrent, riche du savoir-vivre de ses habitants, de sa végétation de mangrove, et une forte concentration d'oiseaux marins et lacustres.
 Parc National de Niokolo Koba
Situé à 650 km à l'Est de Dakar, c'est un sanctuaire de la vie sauvage et des grands fauves de l'Afrique, dans des paysages d'une beauté prodigieuse.
Samba Dia - Reservat

Travel Agents / Tour Operators

 
Create your perfect trip to Senegal  -  Flight, Hotel and Car

 Club Med



 Africa Volunteer Senegal  -  Community Tourism and Volunteer Work with Senevolu

Travel Guides Senegal / Related books

Gambia and Senegal - Lonely Planet -  Andrew Burke
Senegal is home to two of the three Club Meds located south of the Sahara, but there is also a network of low budget guesthouses available. In this guide there is a birdlife guide, comprehensive coverage of national parks and wildlife reserves, and the low-down on beaches and watersports.
Paperback 384 pages (September 2002); Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; Language: English; ISBN: 1740591372
The Rough Guide to West Africa - Rough Guide -  Jim Hudgens, Richard Trillo
This guide to West Africa explores all the visitable countries in West Africa, from Mauritania and the Cape Verde Islands in the west, to Niger and Cameroon in the east. The colour introductory essay highlights the regions attractions, picks out the various route and travel options and touches on some of the great range of cultural and scenic impressions that any visit will make. Each chapter covers the relevant country with attention to detail, including special attention to the practicalities of travel, thoroughly researched hotel and restaurant listings, and a carefully researched background on wildlife and the environment, culture, history, politics and music.
Paperback 1296 pages (November 27, 2003); Publisher: Rough Guides; Language: English; ISBN: 1843531186
West Africa - Lonely Planet Regional Guide -  Alex Newton, Mary Fitzpatrick (Editor)
This guide to West Africa has sections capturing the region's vibrant arts and people, an introduction to the sounds and rhythms of West Africa's music, and a guide to the region's main languages.
Paperback 896 pages (October 2002); Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; Language: English; ISBN: 1740592492

Transport /How do I travel to Senegal

 Dakar Airport  -  Aéroport Léopold Sédar Senghor
 Cap Skirring Airport
 Saint-Louis Airport

 
Book cheap flights to Senagal / Dakar at ebookers and benefit from discounted airfares. View their latest offers and book your flights, accommodation, car hire and insurance online

 Airline Tickets / Bargain Flights  -  Flights Senegal / Price comparison possible

 Senegal Railways
Le réseau ferroviaire du Sénégal comprend deux lignes principales, ouvertes au trafic de marchandises et de voyageurs :

- Dakar - Thiès - Louga - Saint-Louis;
- Dakar - Thiès - Diourbel - Tambacounda - Bamako, avec un embranchement vers Kaolack. Cette ligne assure le trafic international avec le Mali.

 Farafenni  -  Ferry
Main ferry crossing for the Trans-Gambian highway. Link between the two parts of Senegal separated by The Gambia.

 Maps International  -  Guides Senegal  
Mapsinternational.co.uk is one of the largest map shops online.
 Map Senegal [ Uni Texas  -  Perry-Castañeda Library  -  Map Collection ]
Africa North and West (Michelin National Maps S.) 
Map (December 12, 2003); Publisher: Michelin Maps; Language: English; ISBN: 2061003109


Links 

 Travel Insurance

 Senegal Tourisme  -  Tourism in Senegal

 République de Sénégal  -  official site of the 'gouvernement'

 Dakar  -  Capital City of Senegal  -  Dakar Ville

 Dakar Distrikt  -  The departments are: Dakar, Guédiawaye, Pikine, Rufisque.
Conseil Régional de Dakar
 Diourbel  - The departments are: Bambey, Diourbel, Mbacké.
Conseil Régional de Diourbel
 Fatick  -  The departments are: Fatick, Foundiougne, Gossas.
 Kaolack  -  The departments are: Kaffrine, Kaolack, Koungheul, Nioro du Rip.
 Kolda  -  The departments are: Kolda, Sédhiou, Vélingara.
 Louga  -  The departments are: Kébémer, Linguère, Louga.
 Matam  -  The departments are: Kanel, Matam, Ranérou Ferlo.
 Saint-Louis  -  The departments are: Dagana, Podor, Saint-Louis. 
Conseil Régional de Saint-Louis
 Tambacounda  -  The departments are: Bakel, Kédougou, Tambacounda.
 Thies  -  The departments are: M'bour, Thiès, Tivaoune. 
Conseil Régional de Thies 
 Ziguinchor  -  The departments are: Bignona, Oussouye, Ziguinchor.

 Bignona  -  town located in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal
 Diourbel  -  town lying east of Thiès  -  capital of the Diourbel Region
Known for its mosque and local groundnut industry.
 Fatick  -  Marie de Fatick
 Kafoutine  -  fishing - south of the country
 Kaolack
 Kédougou  -  border town near Guinea
 Kolda
 Linguere
 Matam  -  border with Mauretania
 Nayé  -  border with Mali
 Podor  -  border with Mauretania
 Richard-Toll  -  Border Mauretania
 Saint-Louis and surroundings  -  Atlantic Ocean  -  Ville de Saint-Louis du Senegal
 Thiès  -  Marie de Thies  -  Community of Thies
 Ziguinchor  -  border Guinea-Bissau


 Goree Island
During three centuries, a large number of Africans where reduced to slavery and shipped, from the island of Goree on direction to the american continent. The famous slave house, one of the most visited museum in Senegal, still conserves all the reality poignant of that period in world history.
In turn occupied by the Portugal, the Dutch, the French and the English that gave it to the French 1817, Goree was a required stop over for the European ships in destination to America or Asia. With the abolition of slavery in 1848, the decline of the island was certain, especially with the creation of Dakar in 1857 and Rufisque in 1859. From 1929, Goree was attached to the capital.
 La Basse Casamance
 La Petite Cote

 Agence de Presse Sénégalaie
 Baobab Forests
 Dakar Rally
 Mangrove
 Ndange ?
 Radio & TV Senegal  -  Radiodiffusion Television Senegalaise
 University Senegal  -  Université Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis
 Wolof Language Online  -  Language Course Wolof
Wolof is spoken in Gambia, Mauretaniea and Senegal [ 80% der Senegalezen ]

Cuisine - Senegal Foods / Recipes

South of the Sahara: Traditional Cooking from the Lands of West Africa 
By Elizabeth A. Jackson
Come and discover the rich and sultry blend of meats, tropical fruits, vegetables, grains, spices and oils that served as the foundation of West African life for centuries. The history of these lands is as rich as the spicy food. Learn about ancient empires and the origins of modern nations as you choose from a selection of 120 tempting dishes.
Paperback 204 pages (June 25, 1999); Publisher: Fantail
The Best of African Cooking -  Manjase Banda, Robin Campbell (Editor)
This book has a collection of African recipes ranging from North, West, East, and Southern Africa. Only the best recipes were selected from the various African countries. The book has recipes from countries such as Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Mozambique and many others. The book has over 120 recipes with colour illustrations all using a variety of different ingredients from Africa.
Paperback 128 pages (January 29, 2004); Publisher: Esanjam; Language: English; ISBN: 0954682106
 African Recipes
 African Studies  -  The African Cookbook - Menus & Recipes from Africa 

History of Senegal

Independence: 4 April 1960 from France
Complete independence was achieved upon dissolution of federation with Mali on 20 August 1960.

The Gambia and Senegal signed an agreement on 12 December 1981 that called for the creation of a loose confederation to be known as Senegambia, but the agreement was dissolved on 30 September 1989.

Between the Mosque and the Termite: Caste and Islam Among Haalpulaaren, Senegal 
R.M. Dilley
Examining in historical perspective the relationship between social identity and membership of the dominant Muslim religious community, this book begins with the Muslim uprising of the 1770s in Fuuta Toro and plots the course of social relations between clerics and craftsmen and women over the next 200 years.
Paperback 336 pages (July 21, 2004); Publisher: Edinburgh University Press; Language: English; ISBN: 0748619909
Peoples of the Middle Niger: The Island of Gold (Peoples of Africa S.) 
Roderick McIntosh
This book provides the first comprehensive history of the peoples of the Middle Niger written by an English -speaking scholar. "The Island of Gold" was the medieval Muslim and later European name for a fabled source of gold and other tropical riches. Although the floodplain of the Niger river lies far from the goldfields, the mosaic of peoples along the Middle Niger created a wealth in grain, fish and livestock that supported some of Africa's oldest cities, including Timbuktu. These ancient cities of the region that came to be known as Western Sudan were founded without outside stimulation and their inhabitants long resisted the coercive, centralized state that characterized the origins of earliest towns elsewhere. In this book, Roderick James McIntosh uses the latest archeological and anthropological research to provide a bold overview of the distant origins of life for the inhabitants of the Middle Niger, and an explanation for their social evolution. He shows, for instance, the difficulties the peoples faced in adapting to an unpredictable climate, and how their particular social organization determined the unusual nature of their responses to that change. Throughout the book oral traditions are integrated into the story, providing vivid insights into the inhabitants' complex culture and belief systems.
Hardcover 384 pages (August 23, 1998); Publisher: Blackwell Publishers; Language: English; ISBN: 0631173617
 Historical museum of the IFAN, Goree
Located in the old fortress of Goree, it present the different stages in the countries history, paleolithic age to now.
 Slaves House, Goree [ Rue Saint Germain ]
The history of an old slave station. The curator, Jo Ndiaye, will passion you. The visit will not leave you indifferent

Music, Culture of Senegal & Entertainment

Senegal (Modern World Nations S.) -  Janet Gritzner
... Excellent introductory texts.; These information-packed volumes provide comprehensive overviews of each nation's people, geography, history, government, economy, and culture; Full-colour illustrations and full -colour maps throughout Comprehensive overviews of each nation's people, geography, history, government, economy, and culture.
Hardcover 200 pages (May 2005); Publisher: Chelsea House Publishers; Language: English; ISBN: 0791080234.
A Saint in the City: Sufi Arts of Urban Senegal 
Allen F Roberts, Mary Nooter Roberts, Gassia Armenian, Ousmane Gueye
Drawing on the long history of Islamic arts in sub-Saharan Africa, "A Saint in the City" investigates in depth the vibrant and sophisticated arts of urban Senegal. Underscoring the interconnectedness of art and life, it insightfully penetrates the visual culture of the Mouride Way, a Sufi movement steeped in the mystical teachings of Sheikh Amadou Bamba (1853-1927). It focuses in particular on the ways in which sacred images "work" for people as powerful acts of devotion and prayer. The remarkable proliferation of arts in the city of Dakar, from bold street murals to virtuosic calligraphy and intricate, colourful glass paintings, attests to the transformative potency of images in Mouridism. This way of life, grounded in the dignity and sanctity of work as conveyed by the teachings of Amadou Bamba, is observed by over four million Senegalese - half the Muslim population in this small country - as well as by thousands more around the globe. "A Saint in the City" brings together a range of artists - regardless of background, training, rootedness in the "traditional" medium, or style - who share a belief in the Mouride Way. The book boldly transgresses the boundaries normally enforced between the local and the global, fine art and popular art, the gallery and the street, the historical and the contemporary.
Paperback 284 pages (June 2003); Publisher: University of Washington Press; Language: English; ISBN: 0930741935
Senegal Behind Glass: Images of Religious and Daily Life (African Art) -  Anne-Marie Bouttiaux Ndiaye
Hardcover 168 pages (August 15, 1994); Publisher: Prestel Publishing Ltd. Language: English; ISBN: 3791314246.
In Senghor's Shadow: Art, Politics, and the Avant-Garde in Senegal, 1960-1995 
Elizabeth Harney
A unique examination of visual art in post-independence Senegal, In Senghor's Shadowexplores the complex interplay of cultural nationalism, negotiations of postcolonial identity, and an emergent artistic modernism. As a major philosopher and poet of Negritude, Leopold Sedar Senghor, postcolonial Senegal's first president, envisioned an active and revolutionary role for modern artists, and he created a well-funded system for nurturing the arts. Harney analyzes Senghor's Negritude philosophy; the canon of art - known as the Ecole de Dakar - produced under his aegis; and the art created as his patronage system waned. By considering the Ecole de Dakar on its own terms, Harney challenges dismissive characterizations of it as derivative of European primitivism. Highlighting the distinctive cultural history that shaped Sengalese modernism, she reveals its innovations, diversity, and dynamism. Harney surveys the work of a range of Senegalese artists, including painters, muralists, sculptors, and performance-based groups - from those who worked at the height of Senghor's patronage system to those who graduated from art school in the early 1990s. Based on fieldwork in Dakar, she describes the particularities of artists' education, practices, and works. She assesses modes of display and interpretation of Senegalese art in Dakar and abroad. Harney discusses art created in the 1960s, during the heady early days of independence, as well as works produced in the less optimistic climate of the 1970s and 1980s. She also considers more recent work by artists including Moustapha Dime, Germaine Anta Gaye, and Kan-Si. Assessing the increasingly trans-national nature of Dakar's art world, she reflects on the marketing of "international" art. Harney's study is an important look at the particular modernism that flourished in the long shadow of Leopold Senghor.
Paperback 376 pages (October 2004); Publisher: Duke University Press; Language: English; ISBN: 0822333953
 Cora Connection  -  The Manding Music Traditions of West Africa
 Jazz Festival Senegal  -  Festival de Jazz de Saint-Louis du Sénégal
 Mondomix  -  world music

Web Portals / Senegalese Search engine / Directories

 The first-timer's guide to Senegal [ October 13, Timesonline ]
The French and Portuguese left their mark but this is Africa through and through - wildlife, wild music and winter sun.

 Seneweb  -  portal Sebnegal
 Ausenegal.com  -  ***
 Homeview Senegal
 Osiris 
Observatoire des Systèmes d'Informations, des Réseaux et des Inforoutes au Sénégal
 Senegalaisement  -  'search engine'
 Senegal Online  -  web portal
History, Tourism & Geography, Culture, Hotels, Dakar Restaurants, Economy, Wildlife, Maps, Postcards, Photographs, Towns, Regions, Tourist Information, Yellow Pages enz.
 Senegalweb.net

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