11) Kayes. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Kayes, (kaz) (KEY) , town (1993 est. pop. 50,000), W Mali, a port on the Senegal River. It is the administrative and commercial center for a region where peanuts...
12) Touba. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Touba, (tooŽba) (KEY) , town (1988 pop. 23,751), Diourbel prov., W Senegal. The terminus of a branch line from main Dakar-Niger RR, it is located in peanut-growing...
13) Casamance. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Casamance, (kazŽmans) (KEY) , river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, W Africa. It rises in S Senegal and flows westward, emptying in the Atlantic Ocean. The virtually unnavigable...
14) Senghor, Leopold Sedar. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(KEY) , 1906-2001, African statesman and poet; president (1960-80) of the Republic of Senegal, b. Joal. The son of a prosperous landowner, Senghor was extraordinarily...
15) Verde, Cape. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...(vurd) (KEY) [Port.,=green], Fr. Cap Vert, peninsula, extending into the Atlantic Ocean, W Senegal; the westernmost point of Africa. Dakar is located there. The cape...
16) Gambia, river, Africa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...rising on the Fouta Djallon, N Guinea, W Africa, and flowing generally northwest through SE Senegal then west, bisecting The Gambia, to the Atlantic Ocean at Banjul....
17) Wolof. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...ethnic group numbering over 3 million, along the Atlantic coast of W Africa; most live in Senegal, but there is a significant minority in Gambia. Traditional Wolof...
18) Hajj Omar. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Muslim religious and military leader in W Africa. A chieftain of the large Tukulor tribe of Senegal, he desired to convert the pagan tribespeople of the W Sudan....
19) Ghana, former empire, Africa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
2001
...Africa, (gaŽn) (KEY) , ancient empire, W Africa, in the savanna region of what is now E Senegal, SW Mali, and S Mauritania. The empire was founded c.6th cent. by...
20) Mauritania. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...northwest and north, on Algeria in the northeast, on Mali in the east and southeast, and on Senegal in the southwest. Nouakchott is the capital and largest town....
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