Khady DiEne Gaye, Senegal's minister of youth, sports and culture, said the US' role as the guest of honour is "a display of the importance of art as a tool for dialogue between peoples ...

For decades, the most prominent homes for African art were within museums in Europe. That has changed, especially with the December opening of Senegal’s Museum of Black Civilizations ...

The degradation and destruction mainly impact historic and Art Deco buildings from the French colonial era ... The work contains a battle cry to "save" the soul of the city. "We refuse to see Senegal ...