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Dakar
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Definition:the capital and largest city of Senegal. It is located on the Cap-Vert peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 2.45 million.text from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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Ifemelu imagined her working in a market in Dakar, like the braiders in Lagos who would blow their noses and wipe their hands on the wrappers.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Americanah, p.15 (2013)
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And then we sailed for Africa. Leaving Southampton, England on the 24th of July and arriving in Monrovia, Liberia on the 12th of September. On the way we stopped in Lisbon, Portugal and Dakar, Senegal.
Alice Walker. The Color Purple, p.140 (1982)
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And so we went off to a small town about two hours outside of Dakar. And I was introduced to this extraordinary, old, large woman wrapped in miles and miles of African fabric printed with figures of eyes, and she was Madame Diouf.
The Moth, 50 True Stories: Andrew Solomon. Notes on an Exorcism
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