Saturday, February 12, 2011

Senegalaise `a l'Orange

Senegalaise `a l'Orange, oil on canvas, 20x16" (50x40 cm.) I've painted this oil this week, based on sketches and photographs I took in Dakar, Senegal, when I was there in 2009. This woman was one of the vendors at an open air market in Dakar.
Este oleo que pinte esta semana, esta basado en bosquejos y fotografias que tome en Dakar, Senegal, cuando estuve alli in el 2009. Esta mujer era una de las vendedoras en el mercado al aire libre en Dakar.

The official language is French. Other languages like Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, and Mandinka are also spoken. The modern port of Dakar lies in one of the world's most strategic locations, since it is the most westerly point in Africa, and oversees the shipping lanes between Western Europe and Brazil or South Africa. Their most important ethnic groups are the Wolof and the Fulani, who account for about 70 percent of today's population.
El idioma oficial es frances. Otros idiomas como el Wolof, Pulaar, Jola y Mandinka tambien son populares. El puerto de Dakar es moderno, y ubicado en una de las posiciones mas estrategicas del mundo, pues esta en el punto mas oeste del continente africano, pudiendo vigilar el transporte maritimo entre Europa Occidental y Brazil o Africa del Sur. Sus grupos etnicos mas importantes son los Wolof y los Fulani, que comprenden el 70% de la poblacion de hoy.

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