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Grand Comme Le Baobab
TweetSynopsis In a rural African village poised at the outer edge of the modern world, a teenage girl hatches a secret plan to rescue her 11-year-old sister from an arranged marriage. Coumba and her...
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Lost in the Sahel
TweetThe Sahel desert covers a large portion of northern Africa spreading from the Northern part of Senegal all the way to Eritrea. This photo essay was created by photographer Pascal Maitre and writer...
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Contras’ city
TweetContras’city is one of the earliest work of Djibril Diop Mambéty, the short film was shot on 16mm film in 1968 in Dakar (Sénégal), exactly eight years after the independence of the country. The...
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Télé bi
TweetA creative concept by Mouhamadou Sow, a senegalese photographer and Street Artist. Sow experiments with digital tools to encourage social responsibility. Sow also uses his photography to reshaping...
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Reassemblage, From the Firelight to the Screen
Tweet REASSEMBLAGE, From the Firelight to the Screen is the first film by Trinh T. Minh-ha and co- produced with French Jean Paul Bourdier. A forty minutes long motion picture, filmed on a 16mm color...
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No Man’s Job
TweetLatest personal project by photographer Anthony Kurtz. Kurtz took these dynamic portraits of workers at Femme Auto in Senegal. Worker at Femme Auto Worker at Femme Auto Worker at Femme Auto Worker...
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Senegal Street Photography
TweetPhoto Documentary of Senegal, by photographer Anthony Kurtz. In the summer of 2011, I volunteered with an organization in the U.S that sends high-school kids to Senegal to do community work, in...
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National Stadium
TweetPortrait of athletes at the old national stadium in Lagos, Nigeria by August Udoh.
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Omar Victor Diop
TweetOmar Victor Diop was born in Dakar in 1980. Since his early days, Omar Victor Diop developed an interest for Photography and Design, essentially as a means to capture the diversity of modern...
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Inner Cruise
TweetShot in Dakar Sénégal, Inner Cruise was directed by Tom Escarmelle and stylist and creative director Selly Raby Kane. The video is inspired by Selly Raby Kane’s love of fashion. Inner Cruise /...
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Illustrator Laye Samb
We discovered the illustrations of Laye Samb. Samb is an illustrator, graphic artist and package designer from Dakar, Senegal. Take a look some of his great work below and check out his portfolio....
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Senegal Street Photography
Second installment of street photography by Anthony Kurtz. “In the summer of 2011, I volunteered with an organization in the U.S that sends high-school kids to Senegal to do community work, in the...
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Blue Sky Over Dakar
A mixture of digital paintings and photographers by Nathalie Diserens The photos were taken during my field research in Dakar, Senegal. They focus on the tension that one feels as a foreigner, if you...
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Gorean Summer
Senegalese photographer Fabrice Monteiro documents summertime on the beaches of Gorée Island. Gorée is one of the 19 districts of the city of Dakar, historically known for its history being part of...
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La voie du Baye Fall: Photo Essay on the life of Sufi Muslims in Senegal
Here is the recent photo essay by photographer Fabrice Monteiro. This body of work looks at faith, attire, rituals and trances through portraits and scenes from daily life. A way of life, the Baye Fall...
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ONOMOllywood: Recreating Hollywood
In case you missed it. One of our favorite projects from last year. ONOMOllywood is a collaborative project between Omar Victor Diop and Antoine Tempé. The project was commisioned by a Onomo...
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Touba, Senegal: Timelapse Video
Timelapse video of Touba, Senegal by Senegalese photographer Moundor SENE. This project features the Grand Magal de Toube, a religious monument at the heart of the city.
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Joloff Branding & Identity
Designer Saana Hellsten rebranded an existing restaurant for a school assignment in New York that offers traditional Senegalese food. The branding of Joloff reflects the colorful culture and lifestyle...
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African Metropolis: Six Stories from Six African Cities
May 2014 will see the launch of African Metropolis at cinemas in Johannesburg and Cape Town. The compilation of six short fiction films, set in six major African cities, tells urban tales about life in...
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Hôtel Sokhamon, Dakar, Senegal 11th May 2014 – 12 May 2014 The Institute for Comparative Modernities (Cornell University) and the Institute of African American Affairs (New York University) will hold...
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