continuity and change in modern senegalese society by dr. maimouna barro associate director center...
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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 countriesBenin (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)
Map of senegal
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
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
Ouadane Mosque, Mauritania
Chinguetti Mosque, Mauritania
Agadez Mosque, Niger
Dingeray Mosque, Timbuktu
The Heritage of Islam
The Heritage of Islam
The Heritage of Islam
When Timbuktu Was the Paris of Islamic Intellectuals in Africa
The Heritage of Islam
B. The Atlantic Slave Trade
• Trans-Atlantic Exports by Region 1650-1900
• Region Number 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.
Goree Island
Goree Island, the door of no return(Senegal)
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
Saint-Louis, Senegal (former capital of French West Africa)
Le pont Faidherbe
Signare de Saint louis, Senegal
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
II-Modern Senegalese Society: Continuity and Change
• A homogenous and tolerant society
• A society between resistance and change
• Senegalese Islam: The place of brotherhoods
II-Modern Senegalese Society: Continuity and Change
• The Senegalese Intelligentsia
• Popular Culture and the Arts
• The Role and Status of women
The Tivaoune Mosque, Senegal
Touba Mosque, Senegal
The Niassene Mosque, Kaolack
III- The Challenges of a Dependent Economy
• Agriculture: A declining economic sector
• Fishing: A promising Sector
• Tourism: A strategic Sector
Dakar, La Porte du Troisième Millénaire (The Gate to the 21st Century)
Dakar, Senegal’s Capital city
Conclusion: Senegal in the New Global Era
PCCI Call Center, Dakar
Key Senegalese values
• Teranga=Hospitality
• Tegin=Respect
• Yarr= Politeness
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)