The first recorded use of this river's current name, which may mean "our boat," is by Alvise da Cadamosto ("all-VEE-say da kah-dah-MOH-stoo"), who met the damel of Cayor along the coast just to its south.
The first recorded use of this river's current name, which may mean "our boat," is by Alvise da Cadamosto ("all-VEE-say da kah-dah-MOH-stoo"), who met the damel of Cayor along the coast just to its south. A city at the mouth of this river has a bridge named for governor Louis Faidherbe ("fed-AIRB"), who recruited a famous regiment of marksmen or tirailleurs ("tee-rye-YURR"). After a capital was changed in 1902, a city at this river's mouth called Saint-Louis ("san-loo-ee") went into decline. Land just south of this so-called "River of Gold" was governed by the Wolof empire. Arab geographers like al-Idrisi incorrectly considered this river a western extension of the Niger. The second president of a country named for this river was Abdou Diouf, who peacefully succeeded a founder of the Negritude movement. For 10 points, what African river names a country led by Léopold Senghor?
The first recorded use of this river's current name, which may mean "our boat," is by Alvise da Cadamosto ("all-VEE-say da kah-dah-MOH-stoo"), who met the damel of Cayor along the coast just to its south.
Senegal River [or Rio de Senega; or Fleuve Sénégal; or al-Sanaghal; accept Senegalese Tiralleurs] &lt;Other History&gt;