🏫 Hostage schools

Senegal · Africa · 16.03°N, 16.50°W

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Hostage schools were educational institutions established by the French colonizers in Senegal and French Sudan where the sons of chiefs and notables were forcibly recruited to be monitored and trained to become auxiliaries of colonial power. The first hostage school was established in Saint-Louis in Senegal by Governor Faidherbe in 1855.

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CountrySenegal
Continent / regionAfrica
Coordinates (approx.)16.03°N, 16.50°W · view on map

Hostage schools is located in Senegal, in Africa.

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