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A guide to holidays in Dakar - After three centuries of French colonial rule,
Senegal became independent in 1960. Before independence the city of
Dakar was the capital of French West Africa, which included nine
French-speaking states, and Dakar has been the capital of the
independent Republic since then. The country retained strong ties
with France and the French influence remains in the architecture of
the city, where well preserved colonial buildings, the monumental
government house and café terraces stand testimony to its
history.
Situated on the tip of the Cap Vert
Peninsula, the modern capital teems with life and boasts luxurious
hotels, a wide range of restaurants, beaches and watersports, a
casino and an active nightlife scene. It is also one of the busiest
ports for cruise ships in Africa. As the nearest
African country to the United States, Senegal became the most
important slave depot in West Africa and the island of Gorée, just
two miles (3km) offshore, was the centre of the slave trade. For
nearly four centuries thousands of men, women and children were
kept locked in cells on the island, the 'Door of no Return', before
being shipped to the Americas. Today Gorée is a UNESCO Historical
Monument and visitors can experience the horrors of its past in 'La
Maison des Enclaves' with its cells, shackles and the slave
dealer's apartments, as well as at the many museums housed in
former slave houses, and the forts built to protect the lucrative
business.
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1. Dakar Rally
From 2007-01-03
To 2007-01-21
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What is it? Although the start has moved from Paris to
Lisbon, the light at the end of the tunnel remains Dakar. Since
1979 participants have been traversing the thousands of kilometres
of the Sahara desert, and as African political circumstances have
changed over the years, so have the routes. In 2007 after
administrative duties are out of the way, the rally begins on 6
January in Lisbon and then covering Spain, Morocco, Mauritania,
Mali and ending in the Senegalese capital. A number of professional
rally drivers partake but most of the entrants are amateurs
enthralled by the sheer test of it.
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