In 1914, an epidemic of bubonic plague ravaged colonial Dakar. The panicked French colonial administration blamed the native population and evicted indigenous Africans from the city center before burning their homes. The Dakarois fought back through a general strike, political maneuvering, and, finally, by taking to the streets. Out of this year of disease, politics, racism, and resistance came the new, segregated neighborhood of Médina, which was created to house the displaced African population of Dakar. Over the twentieth century, as Dakar swelled into a metropolis around it, Médina was a unique space in the Senegalese capital—a hotbed of cultural creativity, a crossroads for waves of migrants, and a potent and enduring contrast with the nearby downtown, known as the Plateau. This article explores the ways in which the plague of 1914 reshaped Dakar and left a lasting impression on a century of Senegalese cultural production.

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持久的流行病：1914 年瘟疫的美学余震和达喀尔的种族隔离

1914 年，一场腺鼠疫肆虐殖民地达喀尔。惊慌失措的法国殖民政府指责当地居民，并在烧毁他们的家园之前将非洲土著驱逐出市中心。达卡罗斯人通过总罢工、政治策略以及最后走上街头进行反击。在今年的疾病、政治、种族主义和抵抗运动之后，出现了新的、隔离的麦地那社区，该社区是为安置达喀尔流离失所的非洲人口而创建的。20 世纪，随着达喀尔逐渐发展成为一个大都市，麦地那成为了塞内加尔首都的一个独特空间——文化创造力的温床，移民浪潮的十字路口，与附近的市中心形成强烈而持久的对比，被称为高原。