In this stirring documentary meet Sister Fa, a brilliant and tough-minded 27-year-old rapper from Senegal. As a victim of female genital cutting (FGC), she has devoted herself to ending the...

In this stirring documentary meet Sister Fa, a brilliant and tough-minded 27-year-old rapper from Senegal. A victim of female genital cutting (FGC), she has devoted herself to ending the practice...

Filmmakers Brent Huffman and Xiaoli Zhou traveled to Senegal in West Africa to explore the onslaught of Chinese economic might and its impact on long-standing African traditions.

Deya and his large extended family live in a tiny village in Senegal, on the ragged edges of globalization and immigration. Questions of work and ambition arise as the family...

Deya and his large extended family live in a tiny village in Senegal, on the ragged edges of globalization and immigration. Questions of work and ambition arise as the family...

Here are examples of how we deal with the various vicissitudes of existence, from the repo man in Lura's "Que Brod Nem jossa" to "Lament" about a soul's final crossing...

(Senegal) "Fashionable one, you spend your day flitting about-- The hardships of rural life do not affect you. Because, little sister, you live the easy life.  You go shopping in...

(Senegal) While here in the USA we think of rap as a homegrown phenomenon, the members of Gokh-Bi System maintain that it was actually inspired by "tassu" - a form...

This is a groundbreaking documentary film about hip-hop youth and politics in Dakar, Senegal, following rappers, DJs, journalists, professors and others during and after Senegal's controversial 2007 presidential election.

Taped in Dakar. Although he was not born to be a griot, El Hadj N'Diaye has been called to the idiom of the social protest song through his conscience. He...

(Senegal) El Hadj N'Diaye has been an activist singer-songwriter since he first became involved in music. He has been a voice for the poor for years, and his stance on...

(Senegal) El Hadj N'Diaye is a unique voice in Senegalese music, putting the focus on politically conscious lyrics that have occasionally landed him in hot water. In "Thiaroye" he reminisces...

(Senegal) Coming from an impoverished neighborhood in Dakar, the members of Gokh-bi ("neighborhood") have translated rap music from a critique of discontent into their own soulful form, blending Sengalese melodies...

(Senegal) Daara J means "School of Life" and is one of the premiere rap bands to come out of the vibrant Senegalese hip hop scene. The members of Daara J...