Chronique d'une Révolte: photographies d'une saison de protestation

Title: Chronique d'une Révolte: photographies d'une saison de protestation

Photographer(s): Various photographers

Writer(s): Alioune Tine, Alpha Amadou Sy, Boubacar Boris Diop, Camille Ostermann, Fadel Barro, Ibrahima Wane, Ismaila Madior Fall, Issa Samb, Koyo Kouoh, Mama Aly Konté, Mactar Fall, Penda Mbow.

Designer(s): Rasmus Koch Studio

Publisher(s): Raw Material Company, Dakar, Senegal, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany

Year: 2012

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Language(s): French, English

Pages: 430

Size: 17 x 24 cm

Binding: Softcover

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Print: Druckhaus Köthen, Köthen,Germany

Nation(s) and year(s) of Protest: Senegal, 2011-2012

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It was in 2011 that a thirteen-month period of protest and civic action started in Senegal. For some time, there had already been widespread dissatisfaction with the way the country was being governed, the frequent power cuts and the constant dysfunctionality at all levels of society. This was strongly vocalized by the Y'en a marre (Enough is Enough) movement.

On June 23 2011, as the National Assembly was preparing to vote on a constitutional amendment that was seen as an 'electoral ticket' for President Abdoulaye Wade, a massive protest spontaneously broke out in Soweto Square in Dakar and a series of demonstrations followed until the elections in March 2012 when Macky Sall was elected president.

Today Senegal is growing impatient with the slow pace of change. In the local elections last June, the candidates of the Alliance pour la République (APR, the presidential party) were beaten in Dakar and the Y'en a marre movement is now being treated as a group that is spoiling the party. But the group is still active and frequently addresses its messages to the government.