{"id":17548,"date":"2021-06-02T17:07:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T15:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.auxsons.com\/?post_type=breves&p=17548"},"modified":"2021-06-10T16:16:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T14:16:41","slug":"sounds-of-the-world-music-in-senegal-a-weapon-against-political-unrest","status":"publish","type":"breves","link":"https:\/\/www.auxsons.com\/en\/breves\/sounds-of-the-world-music-in-senegal-a-weapon-against-political-unrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Sounds of the world : Music in Senegal, a weapon against political unrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cet article en anglais est le r\u00e9sultat d\u2019un projet collaboratif entre #AuxSons et Alejandro Abbud Torres Torija<\/a><\/strong>, professeur \u00e0 Sciences Po Paris Campus Reims, et contributeur r\u00e9gulier d\u2019#AuxSons. Dans le cadre du cours \u201cSons du monde : la musique comme miroir de l\u2019intime et du collectif\u201d des \u00e9tudiants internationaux de Sciences Po Paris Campus Reims se sont pench\u00e9s sur les liens entre musiques des quatre coins du monde et enjeux sociopolitiques. <\/em><\/p>\n

This article is a result of a collaborative project between #AuxSons and Alejandro Abbud Torres Torija<\/a><\/strong>, lecturer at Sciences Po Paris Campus Reims, and regular contributor to #AuxSons. As part of the class \u201cSounds of the world: Music as mirror of the intimate and the collective\u201d, international students from Sciences Po Paris Campus Reims prepared articles presenting contemporary music from different parts of the world in connection with recent socio-political events.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Senegal is a West African country where, as in most countries, music has an important function in daily life. In recent years it has taken on a more engaged form in the political landscape. <\/span><\/p>\n

The latest events of February 2021 have shown how protest also involves music and musicians. Indeed, since 2011, a real civic movement has been formed around the rappers of the \u201cY\u2019en a marre\u201d collective, whose engagement has influenced many artists. The arrest of the main opponent and candidate in the upcoming presidential elections, Ousmane Sonko, has created protests across the country. Despite the peaceful spirit of these riots, as evidenced by the youth hymns sung by the demonstrators, clashes with the security forces have claimed the lives of 11 people. <\/span><\/p>\n

As with every time the country faces difficult situations, music emerges as a mediator: not only between the people and the president but also between the country intentionally cut off from the rest of the world and the international community. <\/span><\/p>\n

A song from the famous Senegalese rapper DIP<\/span>, #FreeSenegal<\/em>, references the hashtag created to alert the world on the political situation. In this song, DIP<\/span> reminds people of the importance of continuing the mobilization and denounciation.<\/span><\/p>\n