Situated on the westernmost tip of Africa, Senegal is a country that has long been associated with European and transatlantic trade due to its geography. Colonized by the French in the 1850s, Senegalese territory was one of the first in Africa to come under European domination. In the century of French rule that followed, Senegal became deeply influenced by its colonial power and upon independence in 1960 adopted many of the organizing forms of French government.
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