Senegalese rappers use music to raise awareness on statelessness, migration.

Record ID: 77531

  • Title: Senegalese rappers use music to raise awareness on statelessness, migration.
  • Date: 25th November 2016
  • Summary: DAKAR, SENEGAL (RECENT) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (French) BIDEEW BOU BESS BAND MEMBER, MOCTAR SALL SAYING: "Life begins with being recognized, having papers, knowing whether you're Senegalese, or French, or Belgian. We saw that this was a serious problem and that we had to talk about it first in Senegal, but then our research showed that there are 10 million stateless people in the world and that it was not just a regional or sub-regional phenomenon, it was global."
  • Embargoed: 10th December 2016 14:01
  • Keywords: Migrants Stateleness Bideew Bou Bess West Africa Music UN Migration
  • Location: DAKAR, SENEGAL/BAGA SOLA, CHAD/AGADEZ, NIGER
  • City: DAKAR, SENEGAL/BAGA SOLA, CHAD/AGADEZ, NIGER
  • Country: Senegal
  • Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Music
  • Reuters ID: LVA00559XZYVR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
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  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2016. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
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