Plateau, Dakar’s city center. Photo: Luis Dafos/Getty Images “For tourists looking for Airbnbs, I’d recommend the city center, Dakar-Plateau.

Sokhamon is in a neighborhood that I really love called Plateau, in the historic heart of Dakar, filled with colonial-era buildings, landmarks, and monuments. ...

Pullman Dakar Teranga. Situated in Plateau, this design-led hotel offers cozy rooms and the Teranga Beach Club with sunloungers by the sea.

DAKAR, Senegal — The ... Wandering the beaches of Ngor, an area along Dakar’s northwestern coast, and the streets of Plateau, the city’s bustling downtown, I photographed individuals young ...

It is safe to say Dakar is having a moment. The city has always been a creative hub and a point of reference within sub-Saharan Africa. But recent events, such as Chanel’s 2022/23 Métiers d’Art show, ...

DAKAR, Senegal — It’s ... An apartment tower is planned at the entrance to Plateau, the city’s downtown where Art Deco and neo-Sudanese architecture mingle; ...

Dakar’s multicultural food scene is an exploration of international cuisines, including a number of spots serving Cape Verdean cuisine, from the archipelago just 400 miles out to sea to the west.

Still from "Touki Bouki" directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty (1973). Image Courtesy of Janus Films. As the film introduces the busy setting of urban Dakar, the camera pans to an elevated vantage ...

Dakar, Senegal – Plateau, the downtown Dakar neighbourhood that is home to the country’s National Assembly, was tense but quiet on Monday morning. Inside parliament, the assembly was anything but.