In Senegal, the bastion of the region's Francophonie, French is giving way to local languages. For decades Senegal, a former French colony in West Africa, has been touted as the bastion of the ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- For decades Senegal, a former French colony in West Africa, has been touted as the bastion of the French language in the region. Leopold Sedar Senghor, the country's first ...

DAKAR, Senegal — The punishment for speaking your native language at school was a cow bone tied on a string, worn around your neck all day. Benoit Fader Keita wore the bone necklace many times ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — For decades Senegal, a former French colony in West Africa, has been touted as the bastion of the French language in the region. Leopold Sedar Senghor, the country’s ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — For decades Senegal, a former French colony in West Africa, has been touted as the bastion of the French language in the region. Leopold Sedar Senghor, the country’s ...

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