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Senegalese NYC

Senegalese NYC is partly in Le Petit Senegal (Little Senegal), in Harlem’s West African neighborhood around 116th St between Lenox Ave and Frederick Douglass Blvd.

Senegal is a Wolof and French speaking country. It is mostly part of the Sahel, the transition zone between the Sahara Desert and the savannas of West Africa. It’s also the transition between North African and West African culture.

Many Griots, traveling court singers and storytellers, come from Senegal. You can draw a line from Rap to the Griots.

Senegalese NYC News

New York Film Festival 2019

September 27 – Oct 13, 2019
LINCOLN CENTER ~ The 57th Festival opens with Scorcese’s ‘The Irishman’ and screens Cannes Grand Prix winner ‘Atlantic,’ Pedro Almodóvar’s Spanish film ‘Pain and Glory,’ and Olivier Assayas’ French film ‘WASP Network’ at Film at Lincoln Center

May 2022

Youssou N’Dour, Africa’s most famous living singer and one of the world’s great voices, plays Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage on Fri, May 13, 2022 at 8pm. From $16. carnegiehall.org 🇸🇳

April 2022

For the Common Ground: Mini-Global Mashup #5 – Southern Italy Meets Senegal, Alessandra Belloni plays Southern Italian music and Alioune Faye, a Griot (West African troubadour), plays Senegalese percussion at Flushing Town Hall in Flushing, Queens on Sun, Apr 3 at 1pm. $15. 🇮🇹🇸🇳

March 2022

Omar Sosa and Seckou Keita present their new album “Suba,” Global Music reuniting the Caribbean and Mother Africa, at Roulette Intermedium in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn on Thu, Mar 31 at 8pm. $25. robertbrowningassociates.com 🇨🇺🇸🇳🇻🇪

Senegal

Senegal was part of the Ghana Empire (ca 300-1100). Islam is the national faith. It came to the Americas during the Colonial Era. The colonizers were French.

Haitian Revolution leader Dutty Boukman (ca 1767-1791) was from the region. He was called “Boukman” because he was a Muslim priest, a man of The Book (The Koran).

Senegal is the northernmost part of West Africa. The modern country straddles the Sahel. Northern Senegal is desert. Southern Senegal is savanna. The Senegal River is a major cultural region. Senegal surrounds the nation of Gambia on the Gambia River.

West African NYC

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