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Democracy in Dakar’ Film Shows Power of Hip-Hop Among Senegalese YouthBy Jackson Muneza Mvunganyi Washington15 August 2007
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A film on the role of hip-hop in shaping the political discourse in Senegal is getting rave reviews. The documentary Democracy […]

 
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THE INTERSECTION OF hip-hop and activism gets a lot of lip service in the U.S., but the reality is that popular rap music is still mostly about the bling, not the political ring. That’s not the case in Senegal, where political hip-hop thrives.Ben Herson (Nomadic […]

Hip-Hop in DakarLuke Branston looks at Dakar’s current hip-hop scene and its influence on politics.
Senegal has adopted hip-hop music since its first occurrence in the early 80s and has made contributions to the international hip-hop scene since the 90s with groups such as Positive Black Soul and Daara J having made an indelible mark […]

By Nick Tattersall
DAKAR, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Senegal’s carefully polished reputation as a bastion of democracy in turbulent West Africa is dimming as its octogenarian leader, Abdoulaye Wade, grows increasingly autocratic, rights groups say.
Political posturing aimed at positioning his son to succeed him, the detention without trial of critical journalists and the diminishing powers of […]

Senegal on Monday defended the low poll turnout used by critics to put a question mark on the legitimacy of weekend legislative elections, saying the west African nation had never had enthusiastic voters.
"The turnout rate is 38 percent," Macoumba Koume, director of communication in the interior ministry, told AFP.
"This low turnout rate in legislative elections […]

By Kari Barber Dakar03 June 2007Barber report - Download (mp3) 536k Listen to Barber report   
 Election workers wait for voters, 03 Jun 2007Voter turnout appeared to be low in Sunday’s legislative election in Senegal, considered one of the most stable democracies in West Africa. Many potential voters are staying away from the polls in response […]

Sat. June 02, 2007 12:43 pm.- By Bonny Apunyu. - Send this news article(SomaliNet) The security agents, sent by the government telecommunications agency, which is responsible for regulating the Senegalese radio stations seized all equipment of the Group Avenir Radio; the all-news station, which launched this week, has been banned for 45 days, according to […]

By Diadie Ba
DAKAR, June 3 (Reuters) - Many voters stayed away from Senegal’s parliamentary elections on Sunday as the main opposition parties boycotted the ballot to protest against what they called President Abdoulaye Wade’s "monarchy".
Polling stations in the capital Dakar and other cities of the small West African state saw only a trickle of voters […]

By Phuong Tran Dakar01 June 2007Tran report - Download 615k Listen to Tran report   
In Senegal, a media owner is preparing to fight the government’s shut down of his new private radio station. Officials say he did not follow the right procedures, but he says he is being silenced. For VOA, Phuong Tran has more […]

Senegal holds parliamentary elections on Sunday amid an opposition poll boycott that threatens to tarnish the country’s long-held democratic credentials.
The boycott, the first in the former French colony which for years has enjoyed the reputation of west Africa’s model democracy, comes three months after President Abdoulaye Wade was re-elected in elections disputed by the opposition […]