This post brings alive the launch of my first biography fifteen years ago, on Jan. 29, 2007. My son, Yonel, a transportation engineer, flew in from San Francisco and videotaped my introductory...
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Old Picture Postcards from Guinea in West Africa
As I write this blog post in March, 2022, the world is riveted on Ukraine’s struggle to protect itself against an invasion from its much larger neighbor, Russia. 1991 started out in a deadly and...
President Senghor’s Anniversary
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Senegalese President Léopold Senghor’s death, on December 7, 2021 Yves Thréard wrote an article in Le Figaro entitled “Il y a vingt ans, disparaissait...
Interviewing President Senghor
In my writing career, I’ve had the opportunity to write articles based on interviews with two African heads of state: --President Sangoulé Lamizana of Upper Volta, Africa Report, May-June 1973, pp....
Dakar 2005: An Exhibit of Old Postcards of Senegal, and Peter Strickland, American Consul on Gorée Island
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