from international pressure. He has a virtual blank check. Senegal recently discovered large deposits of natural resources, and there's conversation around doing that.
Bulgaria Mozambique albania Angola Senegal Pakistan Ivory Coast zambiaMorocco Ethiopia Nigeria and Syria so these countries come from all over some in Eastern Europe some of the Middle
Ghana Jollof or Senegalese Jollof? Senegalese, please. I think our Ghanaian brothers and sisters are going to be upset with you. I love you guys, too but Senegalese?
And Saint Louis was really the first city that was created by the French, who first to colonize Algeria, and from Algeria, went down south. For Senegal was the first region in sub-Saharan Africa to be colonized. So I went from a rural village, where the world stopped at the border of the village.
And my mom was like, yeah, my son, and that's-- my dad literally hopped on the bandwagon right there. So Senegal , you guys just started the thing.
in particular, the Catholic church was going to label notes of the devil, and things not to play. In Senegal , we have European Americans who have been there for several generations.
so this is actually a map of Western and Central Africa. From Senegal up here where it says Futa Toro all the way to Sudan. These are regions where you can actually find Fulanis in Africa.
I deployed with my Marine Corps unit at the time to Senegal for three weeks of manual training with the local Senegalese commandos. And Senegal 's the most Western point in Africa for some of you who are unfamiliar. That's me in my platoon, I was embedded with the mortar platoon at the time this is a photo of us with our Senegalese counterparts.
Anima Iris is an elevated, ready-to-wear brand that is incorporating Africa into the global luxury fashion narrative through its bold and influential designs that are handcrafted in Senegal . I've had the honor of knowing Wilglory for the past seven years, and I am truly inspired by her and excited for you to have the chance to hear her story.
And what's really exciting about this is that we're having a lot of what we're creating in this area also handcrafted by artisans in Senegal . So as you can see from the visuals, the chairs, and the table, and the bed, these were all handcrafted in Dakar.
Nothing about it makes sense. So we went to Senegal . And I've been trained in French in undergrad, but I was taking French by force at Princeton
I went to Kashmir. I went to Senegal . I went to lots of different places.
And there are different starch traditions. So in Senegal , going all the way to kind of Sierra Leone, the starch tradition is rice. They have their own indigenous rice culture.
And all the novels were really to participate in the liberation of Africa. 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. So therefore, it's really talking to a wall.
Well, I think Justin has started touching on that. He arrives in Senegal . Nobody had made a film before.
Can you tell us a little bit more about those films, the teams, and what issues Sembene was dealing with? We flew back to Senegal .
And I used to have a lot of issues after that. 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 .
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 . They have the same problem I had in Guinea.
So they was looking to put them in jail. So they fled to Senegal . So I went back to see them there.
Football always been part of my life since I was seven, eight years old. I grew up in Senegal . And from Senegal , we moved to Paris when I was eight, nine years old.
I grew up in Senegal . And from Senegal , we moved to Paris when I was eight, nine years old. And honestly, football was and still a easy way to get out of poverty.
But I love that company. And we went to Senegal , and we just bonded. It's so hot. And we didn't know what we were doing, and it was intense.
He's from the Mandinka people in West Africa, the Gambia. That's near Senegal and Mali, kind of right in between them. And he tells a story of the Mandinka people and music.
It took you a minute on that one though. Ghana Jollof or Senegalese Jollof? Senegalese, please. I think our Ghanaian brothers and sisters are going to be upset with you.
Men holding hands in that part of the world is a sign of friendship, but coming from Indiana it wasn't something I was used to seeing every day. 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 we have in the States.
So in a lot of artisanal communities, because rehydrating scorched fish, that's how it's often dried in these African-- you've probably seen it in Senegal if you spend a lot of time there-- they will literally burn it until it's dry knowing that that scorched flavor, when those fish are rehydrated, will go into a rice dish, will be part of a meal,
Yeah, no, I think those risks are things that have definitely benefited you. And it was during a trip to Senegal where you were introduced to the artisanal community. And then you began designing, and you ultimately gave birth to Anima Iris.
I want you to take a minute or two, maybe a few minutes, to learn a bit more about you. What was it like growing up in Senegal ? Your childhood? Tell us where you came from.
He had an old 16-millimeter camera, which he was given. Nobody-- since nobody had made money in Senegal , of course, there was no film industry, no distribution channels, no actors. What did Sembene do?
And my mom was like, yeah, my son, and that's-- my dad literally hopped on the bandwagon right there. 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
And I was talking to some of my colleagues, and if you look at it, it's placed right there. The north is part of Senegal . It's called the Empire of Ghana.
and Central Africa. And when we embraced Islam in the beginning of the 11th century, and then we started spreading Islam, and also used the other reason that explains why we spread over from the Senegal delta all the way to Nigeria and Sudan. So this is the Fulai language.
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.
How did I get the idea to walk 5000 miles through a part of the world I'd never been to before to raise money for the small cleft charity? It actually all started in Senegal in 2007, summer of 2007. I deployed with my Marine Corps unit at the time to Senegal for three weeks of manual training with the local Senegalese commandos.
Well, that's when, as Jason said, well, I'm going to try to find another medium which is going to reconcile me with African people. How can I talk to the Senegalese farmer? How can I talk to the Senegalese fisherman?
How can I talk to the Senegalese farmer? How can I talk to the Senegalese fisherman? Well, I think the best way to do it is to use the technology of filmmaking.
Can you tell us a little bit more about those films, the teams, and what issues Sembene was dealing with? Liberation of the oppressed is not Senegalese.
And we're going to expand pretty soon in Senegal .
along the western coast of Africa. I define the area by starting off with Senegal in the north, going all the way to Angola in the south. Now, in West Africa, the typical meal is some kind of starch with a savory soup, stew, or sauce either served alongside of it or on top of it.
their-- whatever region of West Africa they were from. So if you knew that you had people down below from Senegal or Gambia, you would feed them rice-based dishes. Just to show you how horrible the conditions were on these ships, there are anecdotal stories of essentially sharks following slave ships
And the trade unions were starting really to gain consciousness of their rights. So the novel portrays the first union strike between Senegal and Mali. And guess what? One of the characters named was Samba, like me.
And he taught himself how to make movies. There was no infrastructure when he arrived back in Senegal from Marseilles. There was no trained crew.
Can you tell us a little bit more about those films, the teams, and what issues Sembene was dealing with? Actually, not only Senegal , we gave money to 38 African countries.
And my mom was like, yeah, my son, and that's-- my dad literally hopped on the bandwagon right there. 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.
It's called Fulfulde if you are on the Eastern side of Africa, starting in Mali and all the way to Sudan. But it's called Pular if you are in Senegal , or Guinea, or Sierra Leone area. Fulfulde-- the reason why it's called Fulfulde in the others regions-- basically, Fulfulde means dialect in the Fulani language.
But let me recap a bit. Winston is a former US Marine and served in Afghanistan and Senegal . And he's now spending a year walking 5000 miles around Southeast Asia beginning and ending in Singapore.
It actually all started in Senegal in 2007, summer of 2007. I deployed with my Marine Corps unit at the time to Senegal for three weeks of manual training with the local Senegalese commandos. And Senegal 's the most Western point in Africa for some of you who are unfamiliar.