DAKAR, Sept 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Djalika wants to divorce her abusive husband. Her best friend Dior escaped a forced marriage and moved to the city, and her colleague Mareme is brazenly ...

Pape Diouf is a master of Mbalax, a kinetic and irrepressible fusion of Western influences — soul, jazz, Latin, the works — with the traditional drumming of sabar, a Senegalese instrument once used to ...

The rain stayed away for just long enough Sunday evening that the space around the stage could become a dance floor as the Music Haven Summer Concert Series kicked off for 2016 in Central Park. A few ...

A new photo series is shedding light on gender inequality around the world by focusing on the harrowing stories of young mothers in Senegal. Created by French-Sengalese artist and photographer ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — For the artistic and cultural elites of Senegal, the monthlong Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Arts is a celebratory moment. Every two years, hundreds of artists, curators ...

DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Djalika wants to divorce her abusive husband. Her best friend Dior escaped a forced marriage and moved to the city, and her colleague Mareme is brazenly having fun ...

Halimatou Gadji, who plays the lead role in the show, said she hopes it will shake rigid gender roles that restrain her generation DAKAR, Sept 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Djalika wants to divorce ...