For decades Senegal, a former French colony in West Africa, has been touted as the bastion of the French language in the region. Leopold Sedar Senghor, the country’s first president and a poet ...

“Rambax is unique,” says Touré, whose family of prominent griot percussionists had him drumming from the age of four.

Wolof is the most widely spoken language, which is spoken in all the country’s communes. In Senegal, young people look up to role models other than the European-educated intellectuals.

In the 1800s, the Wolof people of Senegal created this tomato based rice that has become a staple on every West African table. Every single African country makes their jollof differently.

A young Frenchman who settled in Senegal a little over a year ago decided to master the local Wolof language. Now he’s teaching it to other people on social media. Allison Fernandes has the ...

There are 25 languages in Senegal. Six of them have the status of national languages, but Wolof is largely dominant. Out of the population of 17 million people, over 12 million speak Wolof ...

Wolof is the most widely spoken language, which is spoken in all the country's communes. In Senegal, young people look up to role models other than the European-educated intellectuals.

Six of them have the status of national languages, but Wolof is largely dominant. Out of the population of 17 million people, over 12 million speak Wolof, compared to around 4 million French speakers.

For decades Senegal, a former French colony in West Africa, has been touted as the bastion of the French language in the region.