West African schoolgirls, some not yet teenagers, have taken a starring role at an engineering competition in Senegal, busting stereotypes with robotics expertise and innovative projects for their communities. The Pan-African Robotics competition (PARC) in…
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Thousands switch on as Senegalese duo rap the news
If there is an afterlife for news anchors, Walter Cronkite may well be reaching for his ear muffs and a calming celestial gin and tonic. For five years after the celebrated US broadcaster’s death, two…
#GALLERY: Senegalese Superstar Baaba Maal rocks Nairobi
Senegalese Superstar Baaba Maal rocked Nairobi, Kenya on Sunday, Father’s Day, as the city played host to the 2nd Edition of The Koroga Festival. Music lovers packed the intimate urban park, Arboretum Gardens, which was…
Renowned Senegalese musician Baaba Maal plays for change
Baaba Maal was born in a fisherman family in the north of Senegal, in the city of Podor, along the Senegal river. Today he is one of the main ambassadors of West African music around…
Senegalese sculptor Sow in last French show
Senegalese sculptor Ousmane Sow, considered one of Africa’s foremost artists, inaugurated a retrospective in Besancon on Saturday, his last exhibit in his adoptive France before moving all of his works to a museum he is…
Paris holds first ‘Black Fashion Week’
A Senegalese-born French fashion designer realized a long-held ambition when she staged the first ‘Black Fashion Week’ in Paris aimed at bringing African talent to a global audience. Adama Ndiaye launched the event to showcase…
Youssou Ndour hits the campaign trail
Senegalese superstar Youssou Ndour, who has lent his golden voice to politics, hit the campaign trail a week before run-off polls to rally support for presidential challenger Macky Sall. Ndour, along with all 12 presidential…
Youssou Ndour to run for president
World-renowned Senegalese singer Youssou Ndour announced Monday night that he was running for president against incumbent Abdoulaye Wade in February 26 elections. “I am a candidate,” the country’s most famous export declared on his privately-owned…