Democracy in Dakar

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2/27/12 I headed off to Africulturban in the early afternoon after sleeping in for the first time in a week. Once I got there, I ...

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2/26/2012 Election Day! This morning the Nomadic Wax team split up to follow old and new Democracy in Dakar characters to the polls. Elias and ...

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2/26/12 Today was election day and it seemed that everyone was preparing for the worst. I woke up at 7 am to an unusually cold Dakar ...

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2/24/12 I woke up and headed to Africulturban to meet with Dia to transfer the footage of the protest from the day before. His work is ...

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2/23/12 In the morning Dia and I met with NYU professor Rozy Fredricks who was in Niary Taali with hip hop group named Knimbal. We ...

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2/22/12 Dia and I went to the courthouse to find out the decision in the Y’En A Marre rappers’ cases. Some media people were there ...

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2/21/12 We returned to Medina to interview Books. After that I went to interview Keyti and Dia went to film more protest footage. In the evening it ...

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2/20/12 We went with Matador to film a music video for his song “Sama Senegal”. It should be finished soon, so be on the lookout ...

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2/19/12 We interviewed Amadou about his work at Africulturban. As the main organizer of the biggest hip-hop festival in Senegal, Amadou has a wealth of ...