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Continuity and Change in Modern Senegalese Society

Continuity and Change in Modern Senegalese Society. By Dr. Maimouna Barro Associate Director Center for African Studies University of Illinois. Map of Africa. Map of West Africa. West African countries. Benin (French) Burkina Faso (French) Cape Verde (Portuguese) Côte d'Ivoire (French)

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Continuity and Change in Modern Senegalese Society

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  1. Continuity and Change in Modern Senegalese Society By Dr. Maimouna Barro Associate Director Center for African Studies University of Illinois

  2. Map of Africa

  3. Map of West Africa

  4. West African countries Benin(French) Burkina Faso(French) Cape Verde(Portuguese) Côte d'Ivoire(French) Gambia (English) Ghana (English) Guinea(French) Guinea-Bissau(Portuguese) Liberia (English) Mali(French) Mauritania(French) Niger(French) Nigeria (English) Senegal(French) Sierra Leone (English) Togo(French)

  5. Map of senegal

  6. Facts about Senegal • Facts about the country • Population: Over 11 million people • Area: 76,000 square miles • Major Ethnic groups: Wolof (43.7%), Pulaar (23%), Serer(14%), Joola • (3.7%), Mandinka (3.%), Soninke (1.1%) • Official Language: French • Religions: Muslims (94%), Christians (5%), Indigenous (1%) • Major Cities: Dakar (capital city), Thies, Kaolack, Saint-Louis

  7. III-Historical Background • A. Pre-colonial Senegal and West Africa: The Heritage of Islam • The Trans-Saharan Trade: Islam in West Africa in the 8th Century • The progressive Islamization of chiefdoms and large political units • The 19th Century Jihads and the promotion of Literacy and Sufism

  8. Ouadane Mosque, Mauritania

  9. Chinguetti Mosque, Mauritania

  10. Agadez Mosque, Niger

  11. Dingeray Mosque, Timbuktu

  12. The Heritage of Islam

  13. The Heritage of Islam

  14. The Heritage of Islam When Timbuktu Was the Paris of Islamic Intellectuals in Africa

  15. The Heritage of Islam

  16. B. The Atlantic Slave Trade • Trans-Atlantic Exports by Region 1650-1900 • RegionNumber of Slaves % • Senegambia 479,900 4.7 • Upper Guinea 411,200 4.0 • Windward Coast 183,200 1.8 • Gold Coast 1,035,600 10.0 • Blight Of Benin 2,016,200 19.7 • Blight Of Biafra 1,463,700 14.3 • West Central 4,179,500 40.8 • South East 470,900 4.6 • Total 1 0,240,200 • Source:Lovejoy, P. Transformations In slavery, 2000.

  17. Goree Island

  18. Goree Island, the door of no return(Senegal)

  19. C. The Colonial Era (1885-1945) • French colonization: A system of political, economic and cultural domination • French Imperialism and Islam • The Road to independence (1960): The role of Senegal’s elite

  20. Saint-Louis, Senegal (former capital of French West Africa)Le pont Faidherbe

  21. Signare de Saint louis, Senegal

  22. IV- Government and Politics • A long tradition of Democracy and Stability • The 2000 Elections and the New Terrain of Alternance or Soppi • Islam and Politics: The role of the Sufi orders

  23. II-Modern Senegalese Society: Continuity and Change • A homogenous and tolerant society • A society between resistance and change • Senegalese Islam: The place of brotherhoods

  24. II-Modern Senegalese Society: Continuity and Change • The Senegalese Intelligentsia • Popular Culture and the Arts • The Role and Status of women

  25. The Tivaoune Mosque, Senegal

  26. Touba Mosque, Senegal

  27. The Niassene Mosque, Kaolack

  28. III- The Challenges of a Dependent Economy • Agriculture: A declining economic sector • Fishing: A promising Sector • Tourism: A strategic Sector

  29. Dakar, La Porte du Troisième Millénaire (The Gate to the 21st Century)

  30. Dakar, Senegal’s Capital city

  31. Conclusion: Senegal in the New Global Era

  32. PCCI Call Center, Dakar

  33. Key Senegalese values • Teranga=Hospitality • Tegin=Respect • Yarr= Politeness

  34. Useful Internet Resources • http://www.codesria.org/ • http://www.warc-croa.org/ • http://www.au-senegal.com/art_en/musee.htm • http://www.ucad.sn/ • http://www.ugb.sn/accueil.htm • http://www.aodl.org/ifan.php • http://www.seneweb.com • African Languages at UIUC (http://www.afrst.uiuc.edu/SCALI07.htm)

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