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Brief histories of the first clubs of each geographic regions or countries

Rotary Club of Dakar, the First Club of Senegal

Rotary International District 9100

Part of our section on Africa

 
The Rotary movement reached the West African sub-region for the first time in French-speaking Senegal in 1939. The Rotary Club of Dakar was chartered on 10 July, 1939. Rotary gradually spread through Cote d'Ivoire and Cameroon, until it reached the first English-speaking country, Ghana, in 1958.
 
 
 
First Club of each Rotary Region or Country
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