Literature on the History of West Africa |
Gambia | Guinea |
Senegal since Independence Senegal 1939-1960 Senegal 1919-1939 Senegal 1891-1918 Senegal 1815-1891 Senegal 1445-1815 Futa Djalon Kaarta For the Years 1904-1960 see also French West Africa Timeline : Senegal Historical Atlas, Senegal Page Students' Paper : Chang, HyeJin, Environmental History of West Africa (2012) Students' Paper : Kim, Ji Yang, Demographic History of West Africa (2009) Students' Papers : Kim, Jiwan, The European View of West Africa and Colonialism as expressed in Historic Encyclopedias (2009) |
E x t e r n a l . F i l e s |
Country Profiles | Links, Portals | Organizations | Accounts of History | Politics | Military History | Economic History |
Social History | Ethnography | History of Religion | Regional History | Local History | Institutions | Culture |
Biography | Others |
D o c u m e n t s |
Historical Data | Documents | Institutions | National Symbols |
P r i n t e d . R e f e r e n c e |
Bibliographies | Online Libraries | Online Journals | General Accounts | Specific Topics | Historical Dictionaries | Others |
DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SITES . . . EXTERNAL FILES |
Country Profiles |
from BBC Country Profiles;
from World Desk Reference ;
from Nations Encyclopedia;
from Wikipedia;
from Index Mundi;
from CIA World Factbook; countries Senegal |
Links | General |
from Library of Congress, Portals to the World,
from BUBL,
from African Studies Center, UPenn,
from Africa South of the Sahara at Stanford African Studies : Senegal, from Columbia Univ. Library |
on History |
Historical Dictionaries |
Organizations |
Timelines |
Timeline, from BBC News;
from timelines.ws |
Accounts of History |
Article History of Senegal, from Wikipedia Category : History of Senegal, from Wikipedia History of Senegal, from Senegal Online, from Africa Net Histoire, from Senegalaisement, in French, with bibliography Abbe Demanet, Nouvelle histoire de l'Afrique francoise vol.1, 1767, vol.2, 1767, in French, GB |
Politics |
Political Resources on the Net : Senegal;
For the Record : Senegal, from UN Human Rights System;
Country Profile : Senegal, from ISS;
Country Report : Senegal, from Polity IV;
Article Politics of Senegal, from Wikipedia Category : Politics of Senegal, from Wikipedia Governments on the WWW : Senegal |
Military |
Wars of Senegal 1800-1999, from ACED Orders, Decorations and Medals of Senegal, from ODM J. Morel, Calendrier des crimes de la France outre-mer, 2005 : 1er decembre 1945: Massacre de Thiaroye (Senegal) M. White, Death Tolls for the Multicides of the Twentieth Century, Senegal : Casamance conflict, 1982- |
Economy & Finances |
Article : Economy of Senegal, from Wikipedia Category : Economy of Senegal, from Wikipedia Global Currency History : Senegal Global Integrity : Senegal 2006 |
Ethnography |
Languages of Senegal (36), from Ethnologue Category : Ethnic Groups in Senegal, from Wikipedia Category : Languages of Senegal, from Wikipedia Minorities at Risk, Senegal : Diola in Casamance Senegal, from Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Senegal |
Religion |
Category : Religion in Senegal, from Wikipedia Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Senegal, from Kirken i Norge |
History of Regions |
Regions of Senegal, from www.statoids.com Departements of Senegal, from www.statoids.com Article Regions of Senegal, from Wikipedia |
Local History |
List of Cities in Senegal, from Wikipedia History of Dakar, from Wikipedia History of Goree, from Wikipedia History of Saint-Louis, from Wikipedia |
Institutions |
Contemporary African Database : Institutions : Senegal Senegal, from Airline History |
Biographies |
Chinese Ambassadors to Senegal, from PRC MOFA List of Senegalese, from Wikipedia Article Louis Leon Cesar Faidherbe, from EB 1911 African Women Bibliographic Database |
Others |
Art and Life in Africa : Senegal |
DIRECTORY OF INTERNET SITES . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS |
Historical Data | Lists of Statesmen |
from World Statesmen (B. Cahoon);
from Rulers (B. Schemmel);
from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated);
Leaders of Senegal, from ZPC, including party leaders Heads of State of Senegal, from Wikipedia |
Lists of Ambassadors |
Statistical Data | Responsible Institution |
Agence Nationale de la Statistique et Demographie, Senegal |
Population Figures |
Historical Population Statistics : Senegal, from Population
Statistics at Univ. Utrecht |
Election Results |
from Psephos (since 2000);
from IFES Election Guide (since 1998);
from African Elections Database, since 1959 Gabon, from Elections and Electoral Systems |
Documents | Historical Newspapers | Official Gazettes |
Republique du Senegal, Journal Officiel 2001- |
Hemerotheques |
Selected Articles |
Articles on Senegal, from World History Archives
(recent newspaper articles) |
Modern Newspapers | links from Online Newspapers, from World Newspapers |
Newsreels |
Search INA Video Bibliotheque/Mediatheque pour un voyage dans l'Histoire recente par l'audiovisuel : videos et TV : Senegal |
Image Databanks |
Systematic Collections General |
Archives nationales d'outre-mer, Base Ulysse, image base (France) Images du passe en Afrique de l'Ouest Gallica, search for Senegal, Images |
Systematic Collections Specialist |
Senegal Online, Galeries de Photos, Cartes Postales Anciennes, Gravures .. |
Accidental Collections |
Universal Collections Items on Senegal |
License Plates : Senegal, from Francoplaque; from
License Plates of the World Airline Timetable Images : Senegal |
Archival Deposits |
Constitutions, Laws |
List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by Senegal, from
ILO,
36 docs. since 1960 Constitution of 2001, from La Gouvernement du Senegal, in French |
Treaties |
Annales senegalaises de 1854-1885. Suivies des traites passes avec les indigenes (1885) in French, posted on
Internet Archive |
Document Surveys |
Document Collections |
Documents Historiques, from
Senegalaisement, mostly maps Documents concerning maritime slave trade in Senegal, posted by Archives Nationales du Senegal, in French Annales senegalaises de 1854-1885. Suivies des traites passes avec les indigenes (1885) in French, posted on Internet Archive |
Historical Maps | responsible institutions |
Departement de Geomatique, Centre de Suivi Ecologique, National Mapping Agencies in Africa Direction des Travaux Geographiques et Cartographiques, National Mapping Agencies in Africa |
collections : West Africa | Historical Map Archive : Historical Maps of West Africa |
collections : Senegal |
click here Atlas of Senegal, from Wikimedia Commons David Rumsey Map Collection : Senegal Senegal Maps, PCL, UTexas |
West Africa, Modern |
West Africa, Contemporary |
d'Anville, Carte de la Cote de Guinee, 1729, Gallica H. Moll 1729 : West Africa, Urhobo Historical Society Imago Mundi, Carte de l'Afrique occidentale française, Vidal de la Blache c.1910 West Africa 1914, from Heritage History Humtec, AOF c. 1930s AOF 1936 Missions protestantes en A.O.F., 1950, Carte d'implantation des differentes societes de missions protestante, 1952, DEFAP Carte des fuseaux horaires de l'Afrique occidentale française 1912, Gallica Carte zootechnique de l'Afrique occidentale française 1906, Gallica Repartition approximative des peuplements naturels de caoutchouc (AOF) 1906, Gallica AOF 1936, Wikipedia Guinea (i.e. most of French West Africa) 1936, Probert Encyclopedia Carte de Soudan Occidental 1893, 1894, Gallica |
Senegal, Modern |
Senegal, Contemporary |
G. Delisle, Carte de l'Afrique françoise ou du Senegal 1726,
Gallica M. Barbie de Bocage, Carte de la colonie du Senegal 1788, Gallica G. Lejean, Carte du Senegal et d'une portion de l'Afrique occidentale, depuis le cap Vert jusqu'au Niger, indiquant les itineraires des explorateurs et des routes commerciales de Soudan, 1859, Gallica Carte de l'Afrique ?l'echelle 1:2 000 000. 16, 16. Saint-Louis 1883, 23. Freetown 1892, Gallica Carte des contrees entre Senegal et Niger, 1888, Gallica Carte du S??al et du Soudan occidental jusqu'a Kong, n.d., Gallica |
Detail, Modern |
Historical Encyclopedia Entries |
Secular |
Article Senegal,
French West Africa,
Dakar,
Goree, from EB 1911 Article Senegambia, from Catholic Encyclopedia 1907-1912 Article Senegal, Dakar, Rufisque, Saint Louis, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1888-1890, in German Entry Casamance, from Footnotes to History, by James L. Erwin |
Religious |
Economic |
J. Chr. Nelkenbrecher, Allgemeines Taschenbuch
der Münz-, Maass- und Gewichtskunde für Banquiers und Kaufleute (General Manual
on Coinage, Measurement and Weights, for Bankers and Merchants) Berlin 1832, in German, entries Senegambien, posted by DTBSWS Senegal pp.346-347 in J. MacFarlane, Economic geography, c. 1910, GB |
Geographical |
Historical |
Tour Guides |
La Senegambie, pp.321-391 in C.P. de Kerhallet, Manuel de la navigation ?la c?e occidentale d'Afrique vol.1, 1857, in French, GB |
Travelogues |
Institutions | Archives |
Archives Nationales du Senegal, in French |
Musea |
Category : Museums in Senegal, from Wikipedia Museums in Senegal, from International Council of African Museums |
Monuments |
Libraries |
National Libraries of Africa : Senegal La Bibliotheque des Archives du Senegal Libraries in Senegal, from LibDex |
Official Symbols | Flags, Coats of Arms |
Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from
International Civic Heraldry National Anthem, from National Anthems Net |
Coins, Banknotes |
Banknotes of Senegal, from World Currency Museum, from
Ron Wise's World Paper Money Senegal Coins, from African Coins and Tokens |
Stamps |
Stamps Senegal 1887-1914, from Stamps Catalogue 1840-1920 by
Evert Klaseboer |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Bibliographies | general |
Search ISBN Database |
on Senegal | survey of bibliographies |
bibliographic database |
AfricaBib : Africana Periodical Literature,
African Women,
Women Travelers, Explorers and Missionaries to Africa African Borderlands Research Network : Bibliography |
general bibliographies |
annual bibliographies |
specialist bibliographies |
Bibliographie Saint-Louis-de-Senegal |
serial publications |
general bibliographies Senegal entries |
J. Gay, Bibliographie des ouvrages relatifs a l'Afrique et a l'Arabie : catalogue methodique de tous les ouvrages français et des principaux en langues etrangeres traitant de la geographie, de l'histoire, du commerce, des lettres et des arts de l'Afrique et de l'Arabie 1875, in French, Gallica Roots Institute, Bibliography of Published Primary Sources in African History (English Language) Senegal-Bibliographie, from Afrika-Handbuch, at Univ. of Vienna |
booksellers |
Online Libraries | general |
Google Books;
Internet Archives;
Gutenberg Library Online;
HathiTrust;
Gallica International Boundary Studies |
on Senegal |
Aluka, African Online Digital Library (AODL),
African Digital Library (ADL) |
General Accounts |
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.29, pp.854-860 Article Western Africa : Senegal. KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.29 |
Specific Topics |
see also under French West Africa Hans Meyer, Die Eisenbahnen im Tropischen Afrika (The Railroads in Tropical Africa), Leipzig : Duncker & Humblot 1902, in German, posted by DTBSWS, chapter Senegambien, pp.13-15 |
Historical Dictionary |
Lucie Colvin, Historical Dictionary of Senegal, Metuchen N.J. : Scarecrow 1981 Articles : Casamance pp.108-110, in : James Minahan, Nations without States, A Historical Dictionary of Contemporary National Movements, Westport CT : Greenwood 1996 [G] |