Culture
Senegal boasts a rich and diversified culture and is a crossroads of civilizations and influences, which blends ancestral know-how and contemporary creation. From crafts with masters like Ousmane Sow, Kalidou Kassé, Ndary Lô, through music carried beyond the borders by Youssou Ndour, Baaba Maal, Daara J Family, or the cinema with the late Ousmane Sembene, the late Djibril Diop Mambety, William Mbaye and today Alain Gomis, the rising star of African cinema… Without forgetting the Senegalese fashion that designers like Collé Ardo Sow, Diouma Dieng, Adama Paris, Selly Raby Kane, Rama Diaw, Emma Style, Thiané Diagne, Cheikha, have made the world discover. It is enough to visit the craft markets of the country to realize the talent and the place of the culture within the population.
Senegal’s rich heritage also includes many monuments and historical places: classified historical sites (Goree Island, Saint-Louis, etc.), monuments (monument of the African Renaissance), places full of history. Learn about the heroes and heroines of Senegal who have left their mark on the country, such as Aline Sitoé Diatta, Lat Dior or the women of Nder. A Senegalese pride that you will hear about everywhere you go for sure.
Population
Wolofs and Lebous, Pulaar (Fulani and Toucouleur pastoralists from the Senegal River valley), Soninkés, Diolas from Casamance, Sérères from the Sine, Mandingues, Bédiks and Bassaris, all live together in harmony, thus contributing to the cultural richness of the country. Senegal is a stable country that is characterized by a community agreement. These ethnic groups live together and share the same values such as joking cousins. This game allows members of certain ethnic groups to tease and sometimes even criticize each other in a humorous way.
Senegal is a country where Christians, Muslims and animists live in symbiosis.