DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — For decades Senegal, a former French colony in West Africa, has been touted as the bastion of the French language in the region. Leopold Sedar Senghor, the country’s ...

It is the language of openness, which allows us to communicate with others in the region." A man sits outside a stationary store with French signs in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. (AP ...

DAKAR, Senegal— For decades Senegal, a former French colony in West Africa, has been touted as the bastion of the French language in the region. Leopold Sedar Senghor, the country’s first ...

For decades Senegal, a former French colony in West Africa, has been touted as the bastion of the French language in the region. DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — For decades Senegal, a former French colony ...

There are 25 languages in Senegal. Six of them have the status of national languages, but Wolof is largely dominant. Out of the population of 17 million people, over 12 million speak Wolof ...