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| | Dakar, Senegal - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin |
 | | Meanwhile, in 1444, the Portuguese arrived on the island of Gorée, founding a settlement there, and by 1536, had begun using it as a base for the export of slaves. |
 | | In 1812, the political independence of the Layene at Yoff was recognized by the Kingdom of Cayor, a sort of 'theocratic autonomy' that they enjoy to this day. |
 | | Nevertheless, the island's population grew to 6000 residents, and when the city of Dakar was formed around a French fort in 1857, most of these moved to the mainland. |
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