When the Senegalese-American singer Akon is not claiming to provide electricity around the continent, he gives interviews. The latest, to Larry King, is a train wreck because of Akon's reactionary's views. For those in the know, this is peak Akon.
While there is no Wolof word for “lesbian,” there are multiple words for the practice of a woman having sex with a woman, or a man having sex with a man.
The Senegalese director, Khady Sylla, made films out of the impossible and the untranslatable.
Martin Scorsese digitally restores Djibril Diop Mambéty’s masterpiece Touki Bouki.
A new film makes the case that a combination of hip-hop, new media technology, globalization and youth energy inspired Y’en a Marre.
The U.S. premiere of Alain Gomis' new film "Tey (Aujourd'hui)," starring Saul Williams.
There is something to be said about the sheer volume of highly-anticipated films made by black filmmakers or about communities of color.
On Sunday night, Aminata Touré was named Prime Minister of Senegal. True to Touré’s style, she
Bousso Dramé, a young Senegalese winner of a French prize tells the organizers of a prize to shove it.
Does the arrest of Karim Wade, the former president's son, mean “the time when one could pillage public goods is over” in Senegal?
Takeifa's sound is a welcome alternative to the more common mbalax music that dominates Senegal's pop music scene.
A campaign in Senegal wants to put public pressure on the government to follow-though on criminal investigations in order to get justice for victims of violence and torture.
Pierre Thiam, a Senegalese-born chef defining African restaurant food in the United States, argues that it is insulting to categorize African cuisine into one box.
Guest Post by Robert Nathan They’re not your average musicians. Sons of West African griots and
It’s quite a weekend for New York’s prodigal child. Hip-Hop, that burst of youthful energy that was
The historian Laurent Dubois watches the African Cup of Nations in Senegal and can't help mix it up with the history of colonialism and neo-colonialism in the region.
The online work of Italian rightwing websites to establish the idea that immigrants are dangerous for the Italian society
In Alain Gomis's "Tey', 'Aujourd'hui," a man lives the last day of his life.
Francois Hollande want French-African relations to be transparent. Is this a new African policy or the old FrançAfrique?
Senegalese designer, Adama Paris, organizer of Dakar Fashion Week, gives her opinion on the representation of African designs and designers in the fashion industry.