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==Immigration into Senegal== | ==Immigration into Senegal== | ||
*In the mid-15th century, the '''Portuguese''' landed on the '''Senegal coastline'''. Various European powers — Portugal, the Netherlands, and Great Britain — competed for trade in the area from the 15th century onward. | |||
*In 1677, '''France''' gained control of what had become a minor departure point in the Atlantic slave trade: the island of Gorée next to modern Dakar, used as a base to purchase slaves from the warring chiefdoms on the mainland. | |||
*European missionaries introduced Christianity to Senegal and the Casamance in the 19th century. | |||
*It was only in the 1850s that the '''French began to expand onto the Senegalese mainland''', after they abolished slavery and began promoting an abolitionist doctrine, adding native kingdoms like the Waalo, Cayor, Baol, and Jolof Empire. | |||
*'''French colonists''' progressively invaded and took over all the kingdoms, except [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sine Siné] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saloum Saloum]. <ref>"Senegal", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal, accessed 29 July 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Senegal== | ==Emigration From Senegal== | ||
<ref> at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development | <ref> at KNOMAD, the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development | ||