The 19th-century sword rests in a glass case alongside a frail Quran in a spacious gallery where scrolls hang from the wall and soft religious chanting is piped in. Senegal’s Museum of Black Civilizations Welcomes Some Treasures Homeīy Dionne Searcey and Farah Nayeri, Jan 15, 2019

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