‘The Old Man is Being Crazy Now’: NED Democracy Fellow Thiat on Hip-Hop and Activism in Senegal

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Abdoulaye Wade, African conscious hip-hop, Angola, Cheikh Niang, DOs Santos, Gambia, Kaolack, Keur Gui, Mugabe, Senegal, Thiat, West Africa integration, Zimbabwe

Thiat (R)

I recently heard Charles Mangongera, NED Democracy Fellow, deliver remarks on Zimbabwe.  Yesterday, I heard his colleague, Thiat, speak on Y’en a Marre: Youth and Social Engagement in Senegal in the same room.  Thiat provided a brief history of the emergence of Y’en a Marre, its opposition to President Wade’s unconstitutional efforts to seek a third term, and his future aims and objectives.