Transcript Senegal High Culture

Senegal
High Culture
Andrew Jordan
Background
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Official Language: French
Popular Language: Wolof
Location:
Independence:
April 4, 1960
from France
Traditional Music
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Instruments:
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Dances:
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Tama
Xalam
Tabala Drums
Sabar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmwFoN1
U-sA
Artists:
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Mapathé Diop
Traditional Art
 Glass
Painting
 Sand Painting
 Wood Carvings
By: Djibril N'Doye
By: Ibou Ndoye
Festivals
 Abéné
Festivalo
 Independence day
 Gorée Diaspora Festival
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdgu
cx8AYoQ
Senegalese Food
 Thiebou
jen
 yassa poulet
literature
 Artists
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Boubacar Boris Diop
Lamine Diakhate
Birago Diop
Cheik Aliou Ndao
Abdoulaye Sadji
Sources
 http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources
/global-etiquette/senegal.html
 http://www.discoversenegal.com/Govern
ment.html
 http://wolofresources.org/index.htm
 http://globserver.cn/en/senegal/artculture
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boubacar_Bo
ris_Diop