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A Suite of Sisters Are Carving Their Space as Leaders in Senegal’s Sufi Brotherhood
Senegal’s Sufi brotherhoods make up a crucial part of the nation’s social fabric. In one of the most influential, a unique family of women leaders has upended the order’s patriarchal structure.
Thousands of Gambians Were Accused of Witchcraft and Tortured. Can Their Country Make Them Whole?
It has been half a decade since Yahya Jammeh’s brutal regime crumbled under the weight of his people’s will and international pressure, but, for victims of his abuses, the search for justice remains a frustrating and unfulfilled quest.
Senegal’s Democratic Future May Hinge on the Aftermath of a Rape Case
In a febrile political atmosphere, the rape case against Ousmane Sonko has become a lightning rod for the wider political issue of Macky Sall’s autocratic ambitions. Adji Raby Sarr’s case and whether her accusations were truthful or she was paid to make them are the talk of the country, framing what ought to be a question of politics into one of a woman’s testimony.