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Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch
Senegal
Season 1
Episode 2
In this French-speaking nation of 15 million people in the far west of Africa, Afua discovers a country with a cultural influence far beyond its size, with a dynamic film, fashion and hip hop scene that has fed off historic power struggles and culture clashes. She explores how the country expressed itself through art under its poet president Lé opold Senghor.