These 10 African capital cities have interesting stories behind their names

Dakar

Dakar is the capital city of the West African country of Senegal. The city was founded in 1795 by the ethnic Lebou people who called it Ndakaaru.

It was the French who corrupted the original name of the town when they started using the area as a military post in 1857. With time, Dakar gained significance as the preferred residential and commercial town of foreigners.

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