Art blooms in gritty Dakar neighbourhoodGeometrical or animal motifs enliven the walls in the otherwise nondescript cityscape. SEE ALSO :Why weatherman’s reports are clouded in inconsistenciesMamadou Boye Diallo((L), the founder of the Yataal Art fair, is also a local guide. Subscribe Now »Diallo and some associates started the association Yataal Art -- which means "expand art" in the Wolof language -- in 2010. Guide Diallo wants to save the soul of the neighbourhood from "certain groups of elitists" who come as developers. Nidiawar Kan, 47, a carpenter who himself lives in an old Medina house, agreed.

Source: Standard Digital January 18, 2020 09:56 UTC