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, ...

A crowd streamed out of a major Dakar cinema on a recent Tuesday night after watching Senegal's movie of the summer: a book adaptation with no special effects or Hollywood stars that nonetheless has ...

Seydou (Seydou Sarr, in gray) crosses the desert in Io Capitano. One of the interesting things about this year's Academy Awards race for best international feature is that in three of the five ...

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 ...