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History of Senegal in maps
Senegal as it appears in 6 interactive history atlases, from 1890 to 2015: Senegal. Each era below lists who ruled the land and when control changed, linked to the dated map that shows it.
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What was Senegal before it was Senegal? Below, every era of this land in the Maps of History atlases — who ruled it, what it was called, and when control changed — each line linked to the dated map that shows it. Modern borders stand in as an honest approximation; every atlas says so on the map itself.
Senegal · Industrial Revolution
| Colony or dependency — the opening position | |
| Colony or dependency |
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Senegal · WWI
| Entente-aligned & imperial territories — the opening position |
Senegal · Road to WW2
| Colonial empires & possessions — the opening position |
ROAD TO WW2: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Senegal · Cold War
| NATO & core Western allies — the opening position | |
| Non-aligned & neutral |
COLD WAR: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Senegal · Decolonization of Africa
Senegal, the oldest French foothold in Africa, became independent in 1960 — first, briefly, as the Mali Federation with French Sudan, which splintered within two months. Léopold Sédar Senghor, poet and philosopher of Négritude, led it for two decades and, unusually, handed power on peacefully. Dakar remained closely tied to France, its groundnut economy a textbook case of colonial dependence outliving the flag.
| French-ruled — the opening position | |
| Independent Africa |
DECOLONIZATION OF AFRICA: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
Senegal · Feminism and the Tunisian Revolution
| Authoritarian, one-party or colonial rule — the opening position | |
| Right won in law | |
| No reform yet / outside this story | |
| Right won in law |
FEMINISM AND THE TUNISIAN REVOLUTION: EVERY CHAPTER AND MAP →
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