His second feature after 2019’s Nafi’s Father, Senegalese director Mamadou Dia returns to his hometown to explore a subject considered taboo in his native country. By Katharina Baron In Senegal, ...

The Senegalese man of the film’s title is Léopold Sédar Senghor, the poet and first president of Senegal, who is remembered by his neighbors in Normandy.

Senegalese often set up a temporary stage at a street corner It is the Guew Bi the dancing circle where a cheerful crowd dressed in beautiful attire slowly gathers The event is called a sabar Soon ...