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. 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;