Senegal II

Postcard showing a typical scene in Casamance, the region of southern Senegal mostly separated from the rest of the country by the strip of Gambia. The region has had an ongoing, low-level separatist conflict since the 1980s, stemming partly from the region's unique cultural history and partly from a sense of economic disenfranchisement from the rest of Senegal.

Many thanks to friend Oliver for sending this card while he was on holiday.

Stamp on the left from a 2009 set of four on weavers and weaving. Stamp on the right features a West African fruit, Saba senegalensis, known by a variety of names including mad and saba vine.

Senegal

Senegal multiview showing a traditional millet granary on stilts and the bridge to Fadiouth, an island made largely of clam shells; home to both a large Muslim and Christian population and birthplace of Senegal's first president, Léopold Sédar Senghor, who was also a famed writer, poet and post-colonial theorist.

Two stamps from a series on local pottery, one featuring a drinking jug and the other a water tankard. The centre stamp features a woman from the Fulani ethnic group that lives throughout many parts of West Africa.