Evidence for late Middle Pleistocene MSA occupation of the West African littoral at #Bargny, Senegal, dating to 150 Kya.

Longstanding behavioural stability in West Africa extends to the Middle Pleistocene at Bargny, coastal Senegal
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02046-4

But for some years now, the people in Bargny have been organising themselves, also with the help of @RLS_dakar. They we’re partly successful: The African Development Bank (AFDB) withdrew its funding for the project after a complaint from the community. A struggle that gives hope!
RT @RLS_dakar: A fisher community living in #Bargny at 15km from the city of #Dakar is facing the impacts on the community’s livelihoods of an industrialization program of the Senegalese …

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ErnstCornelia/status/1629906765595783171

Today I visited local communities in #Bargny, #Senegal, organising against a coal-fired power plant. The plant has caused respiratory illnesses in the town and has also had a major impact on fishing, which is the livelihood of a large part of the people here.

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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ErnstCornelia/status/1629906741608562688