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...born in 1957, three years before Senegal gained independence from France, into a family that belonged to the French-educated Senegalese elite and the dominant Wolof ethnic group. They lived in the French part of Dakar, which was rare for Africans...
Historically the hub of French colonial activity, Dakar was a mix of modernity and tradition during Diop's childhood. He says he did not question the impact of Western cultures on African tradition until he was older...
...like the way you folks at Disney handled genocide in Pocahontas (awesome!) or class struggle in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (way cool!). Only this one is about child labor, which is a hot topic every Christmas when the kids unwrap all these toys labeled "Made in Inner-City Dakar." Here's the treatment...
...usual Porsches and Lamborghinis, so boring, there was a Lost Safari of Land Rovers, Ford Explorers, Grand Cherokees and GMC Suburbans, all tricked out with steel brush guards, roof racks, off-roading spare-wheel mounts, and black-leather car bras to ward off gravel and grasshoppers on the Paris-Dakar run. Cedergren flashed his perception to his clients: "Cars are now history. The future belongs to trucks...
...Dakar, Senegal, we completed a two-day session of the International Negotiation Network, analyzing with African leaders the dozen existing wars and five other emerging conflicts that threaten peace and progress on the continent. I discussed this work with President Abdou Diouf, whose coalition government will be facing the voters in February 1993. Diouf, who is presently chairman of the Organization of African Unity, supports a stronger role for the organization in peacekeeping and in the monitoring of democratic elections...