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Dakar, Colonial Architecture
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The French colonialists who arrived in West Africa, built few railway lines to connect Dakar with other territories. The first line was the Dakar-St.Louise (finished 1885) and the second one was the Dakar (Senegal)-Bamako (Mali) railway, 1200 km, ended in 1923. The passengers, mostly French, Started the voyage from a very beautiful Dakar train station!

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