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Culture in Chief: Oba Ewuare and Leopold Sedar Senghor

June 16, 2025

Cai explores how Senegal's first president, poet Leopold Senghor, believed a mix of African and French culture could carry Senegal into independence. Meanwhile, Laila tells Cai how Nigerian Oba Ewuare's taste in cultural investment still has African nations and European museums at loggerheads.

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DW Africa's Cai Nebe smiles into the camera
Cai Nebe Producer, podcaster and editor for DW Africa