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A portrait of Dakar, Senegal — 1969.
A city in motion, where Afro-Cuban rhythms, jazz spirit, and West African traditions collided in the streets and clubs.
From “City of Contrasts”, dir. by Djibril Diop Mambéty.
Il faut aussi saluer le rôle d’Isabelle Sambou (la coach sur la vidéo). Elle a évoqué en 2024 le potentiel de ces jeunes et les difficultés rencontrées au quotidien (résumé: manque de moyens). Voir dans cet épisode d’Echappées belles.
Replying to @ecris_le_tien
Elle est issue d’une famille de réfugiés , a bénéficié d’un projet de sport pour le développement mis en œuvre en Casamance pour devenir championne du Sénégal, championne d’Afrique 2025 et JOJ 2026 elle est incroyable ma sha Allah . En 3 ans sa vie a changé !
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D’ailleurs Elisabeth réclamait depuis 2025 des sites d’entraînement appropriés, des toilettes accessibles, des solutions durables pour leur hygiène menstruelle. Le sport des filles sans moyen c’est dur youtu.be/qFGZD1mGzG8?si=xrf0…
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Albert Camus, born on this day in 1913, on how to live whole in a broken world themarginalian.org/2024/06/2…
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This story is not going away and details continue to emerge about this Israeli embedding with RSF since May 2026 to train them on strategic drone usage, jamming technology, navigation systems, and air defense systems. He previously worked with the ENDF. middleeastmonitor.com/202611…
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Les JOJ réveillent une histoire du #Sénégal méconnue des jeunes afriquexxi.info/Les-JOJ-reve…
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blue tsunami so massive we’re banning cis people from playing sports – at New York, NY
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'In 1860, an enslaved man named Sheppard Peek was listed among the possessions of William Peek. His value was placed at $1400.
More than a century and a half later, Sheppard’s great-great-granddaughter, Keisha Lance Bottoms, was elected governor of GA' ajc.com/politics/2026/11/kei…
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Ta-Nehisi Coates's awakening to the realities of American imperialism, the central place of Zionism in it, and the structural necessity of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim hate to this project is a major and welcome shift.
Coates: “Stevens, in joining Rogers, has allied herself with this odious culture war, one tied to a very real war. The campaign of hate, of which El-Sayed is the latest victim, has a simple goal: to render Muslims and Arabs more killable.” vanityfair.com/story/ta-nehi…
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My best birthday wishes to Professor Amartya Sen, as he turns 93 today, November 3. He has been a great influence in modern thinking in economics and in philosophy.
Here is a T-shirt with his paper that I bought in America many years ago.

































