Republic of Senegal

State · 1961–2026 CE · at its largest around 1961 CE

West Africa's westernmost country, which became independent from France in 1960 under the poet-president Léopold Sédar Senghor. Dakar is its capital, and it has had largely peaceful transfers of power.

On its lands while it lasted

• Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906 CE – 2001 CE): Poet and co-founder of the Négritude movement who became the first president of Senegal (1960–1980).

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