Les femmes dans la nation sénégalaise
Le gouvernement du plus jeune président de l’histoire du Sénégal semble déjà incarner une vision rétrograde des femmes.
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Marame Gueye
Marame Gueye is Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Literatures at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina and founder of Une Senegalaise aux Etats Unis.
Between woman and nation
The government of the youngest president in Senegal’s history already seems to embody retrograde views about women.
El maestro siempre
Maky Madiba Sylla is a militant filmmaker excavating iconic Africans whose legacies he believes need to be known widely—like the singer Laba Sosseh.
Two women, two stories, both winners
The documentary film Mane about two women—a rapper and a wrestler—is a much-needed boost of fresh air in the male-saturated tale of the “Generation hip hop” of Senegal.
Senegal’s fear of outspoken women
Religious authorities in Senegal are organizing protests against a popular TV series. The outrage could be related to the challenges the series provokes of the “proper” place of women in society.