#senegal
Great Mosque - Touba, Senegal
One of the largest mosques in Africa, The Great Mosque of Touba, is little known outside of Senegal. It can hold up to 7000 people. Since its completion in 1963 it has been continuously enlarged and embellished.
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Khamsa Modern estate in Petit Côte, Senegal. The outdoor oasis serves as both attractive landscaping and a sustainable water treatment facility.
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November 9, 1967 – Paul-Émile Léger announces his resignation as both Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Montréal in order to perform missionary work among lepers in Dakar, Senegal. Montréal, Québec.
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Like many regions of West Africa (and the colonized world generally), the area encompassed by the modern state of Senegal was historically many different kingdoms with many different influences and chronologies. In more recent history, this multiethnicity is demonstrated by the attempt to join with French Sudan (now Mali) at the time of independence from France (which union lasted roughly two months as the Mali Federation), and then later in the 1980s with a loose confederation with The Gambia, the Senegambia Confederation (which union only lasted roughly seven years). It seems possible that maintaining a cohesive union within Senegal’s borders is probably enough to keep everyone occupied…
Stamp details:
Top left:
Issued in: 1914
From: Dakar, French Senegal
MC #53
Top right:
Issued in: 1943
From: Dakar, French Senegal
MC #221
Second row left:
Issued in: 1944
From: Dakar, French West Africa
MC #1
Second row right:
Issued on: March 21, 1959
From: Dakar, French West Africa
MC #103
Third row:
Issued on: November 19, 1960
From: Dakar, Republic of Senegal
MC #234
Bottom left:
Issued on: November 15, 1982
From: Dakar, Senegambia Confederation
MC #776
Bottom right:
Issued in: 2017
From: Dakar, Republic of Senegal
MC #2254
Recognized as a sovereign state by the UN: Yes (since September 28, 1960)
Official name: Republic of Senegal;Réewum Senegaal; République du Sénégal
Member of the Universal Postal Union: Yes (since June 14, 1961)
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Borders / Frontières (2017 film by by Apolline Traoré)
On a bus en route from Dakar, Senegal, to Lagos, Nigeria, four resourceful women must band together as they navigate the risks that come with traveling alone while female, fighting back against threats of violence, sexual harassment and government corruption at each border crossing. This slice-of-life drama from Burkinabé director, Apolline Traoré, pays tribute to the bravery of West African women asserting their independence in a patriarchal society. Borders won three prizes at FESPACO 2017, including the Paul Robeson Prize for the Best Film by a Director from the African Diaspora.
from: https://africanfilmny.org/films/borders-frontieres/
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