{"id":1364,"date":"2017-03-17T17:51:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T17:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpdemo.themnific.com\/pre\/12\/?p=1364"},"modified":"2025-07-03T23:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T23:59:13","slug":"pioneering-pigeon-river-white-water-rafting-large-image-left-sidebar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/17\/pioneering-pigeon-river-white-water-rafting-large-image-left-sidebar\/","title":{"rendered":"The Museum of Black Civilizations of Dakar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imagined by L\u00e9opold S\u00e9dar Senghor (first president of Senegal) at the end of the first World Festival of Negro Arts in 1966, its construction was announced by Abdoulaye Wade (president of the Republic from 2000 to 2012), and its inauguration took place on 6 December 2018 by President Macky Sall (President of the Republic from\u00a02012 to 2024).\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In another moment they were caught and swept forward by the stream. My brother, with the cabman&#8217;s whip marks red across his face and hands, scrambled into the chaise and took the reins from her. Point the revolver at the man behind,&#8221; he said, giving it to her, &#8220;if he presses us too hard. No!&#8211;point it at his horse.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1T4A0397-2-768x1152-1-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1T4A0397-2-768x1152-1-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1T4A0397-2-768x1152-1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1T4A0397-2-768x1152-1-458x687.jpeg 458w, https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1T4A0397-2-768x1152-1.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Metal baobab in the entrance hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Financed and built by China, the building has a round shape inspired by the impluvium huts of Casamance (southern region of Senegal which borders the Casamance River). The premises cover an area of \u200b\u200b13,785 m2 on 4 levels.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>Regarding the scientific and cultural program, the general director of the museum, Hamady Bocoum, archaeologist and researcher, states unequivocally that the Museum of Black Civilizations does not follow any exogenous model. He takes his own path.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Hamady Bocoum_Mus\u00e9e des civilisations noires de Dakar  HD 720p\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l2-AOAeJSHg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The collections consist of 18,000 pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1T4A0437-2-1536x1024-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1T4A0437-2-1536x1024-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1T4A0437-2-1536x1024-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1T4A0437-2-1536x1024-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1T4A0437-2-1536x1024-1-458x305.jpeg 458w, https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1T4A0437-2-1536x1024-1.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">ijago, beef head, Guinea Bissau<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even if it is neither an ethnographic museum nor an institution based on nostalgia, objects which have strong symbolism have been chosen to be exhibited. For example, the skull of Touma\u00ef, the oldest ancestor of man known to date.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1T4A0431-1-683x1024-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1T4A0431-1-683x1024-1.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1T4A0431-1-683x1024-1-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/1T4A0431-1-683x1024-1-458x687.jpeg 458w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Idiok mask, Ibibio, Nigeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, in complementarity with history and heritage, the Museum of Black Civilizations is also part of contemporaneity thanks to its collaboration with artists and other contemporary creators.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M.A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt clearfix\"><p>Imagined by L\u00e9opold S\u00e9dar Senghor (first president of Senegal) at the end of the first World Festival of Negro Arts in 1966, its construction was announced by Abdoulaye Wade (president of the Republic from 2000 to 2012), and its inauguration took place on 6 December 2018 by President Macky Sall (President of the Republic from 2012 to 2024).   <\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[64,73],"class_list":["post-1364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-musee-africa","tag-post-style","tag-tests"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1364"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6901,"href":"https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364\/revisions\/6901"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.museeafrica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}