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As far as we know, Senegal was never an arab colony or under direct control. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Senegal#Kingdoms_and_Empires https://

As far as we know, Senegal was never an arab colony or under direct control. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Senegal#Kingdoms_and_Empires https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Senegal#Kingdoms_an... Calling it an arab colony would be like saying Sweden was a roman colony because they use the roman script.

RansomStark 4y ago
But it was conquered by Muslim invaders, not Arabs, but Muslims, specifically the Almoravids [0]. Sweden is not a particularly good example. A better example might be Latvia (or any of the other areas invaded as part of the northern crusades), which was invaded by a group of Catholics spreading the faith[1], Latvia could not be called a colony of the Papacy, but it certainly moved the area into Romes sphere of influence, with all the religion and language that entails. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Bakr_ibn_Umar https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Bakr_ibn_Umar [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Crusades https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Crusades