Senegalese, please. I think our Ghanaian brothers and sisters are going to be upset with you.
Senegal recently discovered large deposits of natural resources, and there's conversation around doing that.
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For Senegal was the first region in sub-Saharan Africa to be colonized.
So Senegal, you guys just started the thing.
In Senegal, we have European Americans who have been there for several generations.
From Senegal up here where it says Futa Toro all the way to Sudan.
And Senegal's the most Western point in Africa for some of you who are unfamiliar.
Ghana Jollof or Senegalese Jollof?
that are handcrafted in Senegal.
by artisans in Senegal.
So we went to Senegal.
I went to Senegal.
So in Senegal, going all the way to kind of Sierra Leone, the starch tradition is rice.
Then he arrives in Senegal, 1960, he discovered oh, my god, I wrote these books in French, and 82% of the Senegalese do not read in French.
He arrives in Senegal.
We flew back to Senegal.
I went even to Senegal.
I traveled to Senegal, continue teaching here at the University of Senegal with some of my friend, who taught back home who move also to Senegal.
So they fled to Senegal.
I grew up in Senegal.
And from Senegal, we moved to Paris when I was eight, nine years old.
And we went to Senegal, and we just bonded.
That's near Senegal and Mali, kind of right in between them.
Come mealtime all the Senegalese would huddle around a collective dish of food and eat out of it together as opposed to individual plates and that type of individual approach that
you've probably seen it in Senegal if you spend a lot of time there-- they will literally burn it until it's dry
And it was during a trip to Senegal where you were introduced to the artisanal community.
What was it like growing up in Senegal?
How can I talk to the Senegalese farmer?
How can I talk to the Senegalese fisherman?
Nobody-- since nobody had made money in Senegal, of course, there was no film industry, no distribution channels, no actors.
Liberation of the oppressed is not Senegalese.
you know that Jollof originated in Senegal.
We did this album with a Senegal bass player and singer that we met in Paris, and all this thanks to the music
The north is part of Senegal.
explains why we spread over from the Senegal delta all the way to Nigeria and Sudan.
We've also done some work in Senegal, Mali, and Cote d'Ivoire, and Nigeria, mostly in the form of technical assistance.
And then we went to Senegal, in Africa.
It actually all started in Senegal in 2007, summer of 2007.
Yeah. Senegalese OK. Sounds interesting.
And we're going to expand pretty soon in Senegal.
I define the area by starting off with Senegal in the north, going all the way to Angola in the south.
So if you knew that you had people down below from Senegal or Gambia, you would feed them rice-based dishes.
Someone gave me a first novel written by a Senegalese.
So the novel portrays the first union strike between Senegal and Mali.
There was no infrastructure when he arrived back in Senegal from Marseilles.
You could spend six months in Dakar without seeing one single Senegalese film.
Actually, not only Senegal, we gave money to 38 African countries.
Yes. So Senegal, you guys-- you have some people who practiced, so on and so forth.
And when you listen to the language of people like Jim Senegal, who's the founder of Costco, he says, I don't care about Wall Street.