ABSTRACT
One of the characteristics of the Wolof is that from earliest times they have shown themselves extremely adaptable and taken over from those with whom they were in contact—Portuguese, French, English, Mauretanians, Futa Toro Fulbe, Lebanese, etc., new skills and ideas which enabled them to occupy and hold leading positions in relation to neighbouring peoples. They showed none of the anti-French attitude displayed by the Mauretanians and Futa Toro Fulbe, and French expansion into the interior owed a lot to Wolof and Lebu soldiers, sailors, and interpreters.
