Dakar Gallery

Africa, Senegal, Dakar. sunset on the island GorAA e with the skyline of Dakar in the

Africa, Senegal, Dakar. sunset on the island GorA©e with the skyline of Dakar in the background

© Catherina Unger/AWL Images Ltd.

Village Scene - Ivory Coast - 1940s

Village Scene - Ivory Coast - 1940s - French West Africa was a federation of eight French colonial territories in Africa: Mauritania, Senegal, French Sudan, French Guinea, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta, Dahomey and Niger. The capital of the federation was Dakar. The federation existed from 1895 until 1960. The houses are raised on stilts (pile dwellings) to protect from flooding. This is also obviously a coastal or riverside community as there are large fishing nets drying on poles close to the houses. Pile dwellings can still be found in the Ivory Coast in places such as Ebrie Lagoon. Date: 1947

Plage de l'Anse Bernard and Cap-Vert in Dakar, Senegal

A path winds up along the Plage de l'Anse Bernard (Anse Bernard Beach) towards a lazaret at the coast of the Atlantic Ocean with the Cap-Vert in the background - Dakar, Senegal (then French West Africa). Date: 1910s

© Mary Evans / Pharcide

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