Browsing: Dakar

Catch a cab in Dakar, Senegal, and you might think you’ve taken a wrong turn and ended up in Paris, thanks to the street names like…

It’s Africa’s tallest statue, a revolutionary symbol against the shackles of colonialism, a call for unity among African nations, an enduring emblem of Pan-Africanism and has…

One hundred and one years ago, the “father of African film”, Ousmane Sembène, was born in Ziguinchor, Senegal. Sembène’s career began modestly, working a number of…