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*European missionaries introduced Christianity to Senegal and the Casamance in the 19th century. | *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. | *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> | *'''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]. | ||
*The country experienced a wave of immigration from '''France''' in the decades between World War II and Senegalese independence; most of these French people purchased homes in Dakar or other major urban centers. | |||
*About 50,000 '''Europeans (mostly French) and Lebanese''' as well as smaller numbers of '''Mauritanians and Moroccans''' reside in Senegal, mainly in the cities and some retirees who reside in the resort towns around Mbour. There are tens of thousands of Mauritanian refugees in Senegal, primarily in the country's north. | |||
*The majority of '''Lebanese''' work in commerce. Most of the Lebanese originate from the Lebanese '''city of Tyre''', which is known as "Little West Africa" and has a main promenade that is called "Avenue du Senegal". | |||
*Also located primarily in urban settings are small '''Vietnamese communities''' as well as a growing number of '''Chinese immigrant traders''', each numbering perhaps a few hundred people. | |||
<ref>"Senegal", in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senegal, accessed 29 July 2021.</ref> | |||
==Emigration From Senegal== | ==Emigration From Senegal== | ||