Like many regions of West Africa (and the colonized world generally), the area encompassed by the mo
Like many regions of West Africa (and the colonized world generally), the area encompassed by the modern state of Senegal was historically many different kingdoms with many different influences and chronologies. In more recent history, this multiethnicity is demonstrated by the attempt to join with French Sudan (now Mali) at the time of independence from France (which union lasted roughly two months as the Mali Federation), and then later in the 1980s with a loose confederation with The Gambia, the Senegambia Confederation (which union only lasted roughly seven years). It seems possible that maintaining a cohesive union within Senegal’s borders is probably enough to keep everyone occupied…Stamp details:Top left:Issued in: 1914From: Dakar, French SenegalMC #53Top right:Issued in: 1943From: Dakar, French SenegalMC #221Second row left:Issued in: 1944From: Dakar, French West AfricaMC #1Second row right:Issued on: March 21, 1959From: Dakar, French West AfricaMC #103Third row:Issued on: November 19, 1960From: Dakar, Republic of SenegalMC #234Bottom left:Issued on: November 15, 1982From: Dakar, Senegambia ConfederationMC #776Bottom right:Issued in: 2017From: Dakar, Republic of SenegalMC #2254 Recognized as a sovereign state by the UN: Yes (since September 28, 1960)Official name: Republic of Senegal; Réewum Senegaal; République du SénégalMember of the Universal Postal Union: Yes (since June 14, 1961) -- source link
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