team won 19 medals at 20 African Championships, more than twice as many medals as any competitor. When the country hosted the 2019 FIBA Women's AfroBasket, 15,000 fans flocked to the Dakar Arena which is registered as a record attendance for basketball in Africa. Senegal was one of the continent's pioneers in basketball as it established one of Africa's first competitive leagues. In 2016, the NBA announced the launch of an Elite's Academy in Africa, and more precisely in Senegal. The country hosted the Paris–Dakar rally from 1979 until 2007. The Dakar Rally was an off-road endurance motorsport race which followed a course from Paris, France, to Dakar, Senegal. The competitors used off-road vehicles to cross the difficult geography. The last race was held in 2007, before the 2008 rally was canceled a day before the event due to security concerns in Mauritania. The Ocean X-Prix of the electric off-road championship Extreme E was also hosted in Senegal. See also Outline of Senegal Index of Senegal-related articles Explanatory notes References Further reading Babou, Cheikh Anta, Fighting the Greater Jihad: Amadu Bamba and the Founding of the Muridiyya of Senegal, 1853–1913, (Ohio University Press, 2007) Behrman, Lucy C, Muslim Brotherhood and Politics in Senegal, (iUniverse.com, 1999) Buggenhage, Beth A, Muslim Families in Global Senegal: Money Takes Care of Shame, (Indiana University Press, 2012) Bugul, Ken, The Abandoned Baobab: The Autobiography of a Senegalese Woman, (University of Virginia Press, 2008) Foley, Ellen E, Your Pocket is What Cures You: The Politics of Health in Senegal, (Rutgers University Press, 2010) Gellar, Sheldon, Democracy in Senegal: Tocquevillian Analytics in Africa, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005) Glover, John, Sufism and Jihad in Modern Senegal: The Murid Order, (University of Rochester Press, 2007) Kane, Katharina, Lonely Planet Guide: The Gambia and Senegal, (Lonely Planet Publications, 2009) Kueniza, Michelle, Education and Democracy in Senegal, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) Mbacké, Khadim, Sufism and Religious Brotherhoods in Senegal, (Markus Wiener Publishing Inc., 2005) Streissguth, Thomas, Senegal in Pictures, (Twentyfirst Century Books, 2009) Various, Insight Guide: Gambia and Senegal, (APA Publications Pte Ltd., 2009) Various, New Perspectives on Islam in Senegal: Conversion, Migration, Wealth, Power, and Femininity, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009) Various, Senegal: Essays in Statecraft, (Codesria, 2003) Various, Street Children in Senegal, (GYAN France, 2006) External links Country Profile from BBC News Senegal. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Trade Senegal 2012 Summary Trade Statistics 1960 establishments in Senegal Countries in Africa Economic