Rufisque street through time

Rufisque 1904–2021 9 photos of this spot

9 photographs taken at the same spot in Rufisque, spanning 1904–2021 — 7 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

Rufisque's town hall, or Mairie, is pictured here on 14 July 1904, the French national holiday, in one of the "Four Communes" of coastal Senegal that held municipal self-government under French colonial rule.

Rufisque - La Mairie le jour du 14 Julliet 1904 Rufisque's town hall, or Mairie, is pictured here on 14 July 1904, the French national holiday, in one of the "Four Communes" of coastal Senegal that held municipal self-government under French colonial rule.

Senegal - Rufisque - Rue Nationale 1904 Rue Nationale, a central thoroughfare of Rufisque, is shown in this 1904 photograph of the Senegalese port town, historically one of the busiest centers of the colonial peanut trade.

Senegal - Rufisque - Rue Faidherbe (September 1904) 1904 Rue Faidherbe, named for the French colonial governor Louis Faidherbe, runs through Rufisque in this September 1904 photograph of the Senegalese trading town.

Senegal - Rufisque - Le Marche 1905 The market of Rufisque, a Senegalese port town and one of France's Four Communes, is shown in this 1905 photograph.

Senegal - Rufisque - Vue du Warff 1905 This 1905 view of Rufisque shows the town's warff, or quay, the waterfront structure central to its trade in gum arabic and groundnuts.

Senegal - Rufisque - Place Gaston Belingard 1905 Place Gaston Belingard, a public square in Rufisque, appears in this 1905 photograph of the Senegalese port town.

Rufisque street 1910 A street in Rufisque, the Senegalese port town long known for its role in the colonial groundnut trade, is shown in this 1910 photograph.

Balade en “charette” dans le Vieux Rufisque au Sénégal 2020 A horse-drawn cart, or charrette, makes its way through the old quarter of Rufisque, Senegal, in this 2020 photograph. Rufisque was one of the historic Four Communes of French West Africa.

Marché au poissons de Rufisque 2021 The fish market of Rufisque, Senegal, photographed in 2021. Rufisque's economy has long been tied to Atlantic fishing, alongside its history as one of the colonial-era Four Communes of Senegal.