The place to start any exploration of Dakar is its central hub, Place de l’Independence, normally in nonstop motion. Down the street you’ll find the large white city cathedral, flanked by a pair of towers and crowned by a great dome. Also nearby is the IFAN Museum of African Arts, one of West Africa’s oldest and most prestigious art and cultural museums, with a fascinating permanent collection of some 300 objects, the most striking and characteristic of which are the tribal masks from all parts of this corner of the continent. There’s much more besides, from drums to figures and other ritual and artistic objects.
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