A peaceful, French- and Wolof-speaking Muslim country in West Africa, outside capital Dakar are great beaches, nature, village culture and of course Goree Island, the slave-trade complex that was for many the jumping-off point for the Middle Passage. Warning to gay people, however: the current régime is even more violently homophobic than usual for Africa.
Senegal cited in '12 Top Destinations for African-Diaspora Travel'
Welcome to February! Since 1970, it's also been Black History Month in the USA, and since 1995 in Canada, as well (whereas it's observed in October in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Netherlands). And though the reason for the African diaspora was tragic and horrific - the brutal, centuries-long trafficking of human slaves - it has also enriched many parts of the world, and indeed, world culture as a whole. So what better way to kick BHM off than with a look at a dozen of the most…
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