Senegal
Wade's Ego
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96hCD6BuAik&w=480&h=295] Senegal’s President, Abdoluaye Wade, hired North Koreans to built a 50 meter high monument–at exhorbitant cost–to celebrate his country’s 50 years of independence. Oh and he’ll make some of the profits from tourists visiting the monument to line his own pocket. His people want to know what’s to celebrate. Among those siding with Wade […]
Akon’s Africa
The Senegalese-American crooner's uninspiring "Oh Africa" reminds of bubblegum South African pop from the 1980s.
The Darkness in Senegal
The mixing of popular protest and music in protests over electricity cuts in Senegal.