Phare des Mamelles

I’m on the top of the world lookin’ down on creation

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March 31st 2008
Did Karen Carpenter have one of the most beautiful voices in the world, or what? I digress before I’ve even begun! I am still enjoying life in Dakar…so much so that I haven’t updated this blog in over a month! This time I thought I’d share my neighborhood. I’m a city girl at heart but nowadays I find myself safely ensconced in the West African version of suburbia. My neighborhood is cal ... read more

Africa » Senegal » Cape Verde Peninsula » Dakar

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Independent from France in 1960, Senegal joined with The Gambia to form the nominal confederation of Senegambia in 1982. However, the envisaged integration of the two countries was never carried out, and the union was dissolved in 1989. Despite peace... ... read more