· May, 2006

Stories about Senegal from May, 2006

Senegal: Immigration as colonization

“No Sarkozy! Immigration does not come from a vacuum,” says (Fr) Semett in a post on French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy's immigration policies. “With centuries of merciless exploitation of subsaharan...

25 May 2006

Senegal: Forum on Cheikh Anta Diop

Semett announces (Fr) an upcoming forum taking place from May 25 to May 28 in Dakar entitled “20 years Later: the Intellectual and Scientific Legacy of Cheikh Anta Diop and...

24 May 2006

Chad: What is France doing there?

Generation Consciente, Une Autre Afrique asks (Fr) “What is France doing in Chad? In Africa?” and answers: “The day before yesterday, they waved the communist threat to explain France's presence...

18 May 2006

Africa: Clandestine Emigration

Seckasysteme would like to see (Fr) “a summit of West African heads of state so that clandestine emigration can be uprooted and so as to find a durable solution to...

17 May 2006

Francophonia: Remembering Bob Marley

“May 11, 1981 – May 11, 2006: It's been 25 years since Bob Marley left us”, says (Fr) Martiniquan blog Bondamanjak. France-based Forum Realisance posts lyrics to Redemption Song and...

12 May 2006

Senegal: Festival of Negro Arts

Semett posts an article announcing (Fr) that the Senegalese government plans to hold the next Festival des Arts Negres [Festival of Negro Arts] in June 2008 instead of June 2007....

11 May 2006

Senegal: Unrest Leading up to Election?

Seckasysteme posts two mp3s of local music, invites (FR) readers to relax and says: “Hanging on to their power and privilege like bloodsuckers, PDS [Senegalese Democratic Party] leaders seem …...

9 May 2006