Senegal

The West African state of Senegal’s precolonial geography often feels very much alive and well. Rather than traveling to Kanel or Podor Department, modern-day administrative divisions, Senegalese speak of traveling to ‘Fouta’ - short for Fouta Toro, one of the many precolonial kingdoms that populated the territory prior to French colonization. To take another example, … Continue reading Studying Precolonial Legacies in the Present: Insights from Fieldwork