As Senegal prepares to celebrate fifty years of independence from French colonial rule,
academic and policy circles are engaged in a vigorous debate about its experience in nation …

Research on the urban grid plan in colonial contexts tends to analyse the grid as an
occidental top-down phenomenon that was inscribed on a spatial tabula rasa of indigenous …

This article offers a cultural approach to Murid migration to eastern Bawol. It argues that
Murid settlement of eastern Bawol was part of an effort to transform the land then under …

Elaborate urban gardens and parks played key roles in social competition, imperial and
primordial symbolism, and public amenity access. Comparative data from 19 societies or …

Gardens and parks are part of urban open space, with elite gardens often constituting
substantial investments. Proportions of open space assist evaluation of settlement …

ABSTRACT In Western (Eurocentric) research traditions of urban and planning histories, sub-
Saharan Africa is generally denied an urban past, an urban settlement design culture, and …

Résumé Une économie spirituelle mobilisant du temps, des ressources et une énergie
considérables est en train de prospérer au sein de la communauté musulmane sénégalaise …

Taking an historical and descriptive approach, this paper explores migratory patterns of
Senegalese, Ghanaians, and Nigerians crossing the Netherlands since the 1970s and …

West African marabouts are important actors in a globalizing field of religious practices,
offering their services such as divination sessions not only to West African expatriates, but …

Depuis un siècle, la Mouridiyya et son fondateur Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Mbacké–la
personnalité religieuse la plus influente de l'histoire du Sénégal–ont fait l'objet de …