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A LETTER FROM YENE
Synopsis
In Senegal, Yene was traditionally a seaside town with many fishermen and farmers but has in recent years been troubled by coastal erosion and urbanisation. In conversation with the town’s community, Manthia Diawara explores how their lives contribute to the undermining of their shared environment.
Synopsis
In Senegal, Yene was traditionally a seaside town with many fishermen and farmers but has in recent years been troubled by coastal erosion and urbanisation. In conversation with the town’s community, Manthia Diawara explores how their lives contribute to the undermining of their shared environment.
Our take
Homing in on a Senegalese fishing village, Manthia Diawara sifts curiously through the cultural detritus of our changing relationship to the natural world. For its global streaming premiere, this essay on a changing coastline drags up difficult questions of complicity with refreshing candor.