African Fashion Finds a Home in Dakar High fashion is nothing new in Africa. And Senegalese designer Adama Ndiaye says it has its own special quality. We do one piece, one by one. We're not sending it to the factory because we don't have a big factor...
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 25 May 2007 Traffic hawkers in the streets of Dakar, Senegal Friday marks 150 years since French colonists first established a port in what is now the Senegalese capital of Dakar. Originally a small fishing village, Dakar has...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 07 January 2007 Portuguese rider Ruben Faria steers his KTM during the 1st stage of the Lisbon-Dakar Rally, 6 Jan 2007 Almost 250 competitors set off Saturday from Lisbon, Portugal in the annual car, motorcycle and truck race th...
By Jordan Davis Dakar 23 November 2006 Economists have long noted that one of the main impediments to development in Africa is the fact it imports most of its manufactured goods. That holds true for the shelves of many West African supermarkets as w...
