<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818379687871230943</id><updated>2012-02-11T17:04:24.050-08:00</updated><category term='President Abdoulaye Wade'/><category term='protest'/><category term='marche'/><category term='manifestation'/><category term='Bennoo'/><category term='Dakar'/><category term='website'/><category term='Joe Sciarrillo'/><category term='Dave Eggers'/><category term='Senegal'/><category term='culture and politics'/><title type='text'>Culture and Politics</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joesciarrillo.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8818379687871230943/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joesciarrillo.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Joe Sciarrillo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06326728768043231568</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818379687871230943.post-8118281443758650313</id><published>2009-11-16T11:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-05T01:49:19.282-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dakar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='marche'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='President Abdoulaye Wade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='manifestation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Senegal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='protest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bennoo'/><title type='text'>Senegalese protest against President Abdoulaye Wade</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JnHqX53psqc/SwGs3EEsmfI/AAAAAAAAED4/ghbIW6z5Yec/s1600/DSCN9618.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404791089807530482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JnHqX53psqc/SwGs3EEsmfI/AAAAAAAAED4/ghbIW6z5Yec/s400/DSCN9618.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JnHqX53psqc/SwGs2XAqmDI/AAAAAAAAEDo/VHPeVqBlC88/s1600/DSCN9606.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404791077711026226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JnHqX53psqc/SwGs2XAqmDI/AAAAAAAAEDo/VHPeVqBlC88/s400/DSCN9606.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JnHqX53psqc/SwGs3dpYy2I/AAAAAAAAEEA/cv7hSw2Rl8Q/s1600/DSCN9673.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404791096672308066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JnHqX53psqc/SwGs3dpYy2I/AAAAAAAAEEA/cv7hSw2Rl8Q/s400/DSCN9673.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JnHqX53psqc/SwGs2_mIJEI/AAAAAAAAEDw/WS3-oWLlbKo/s1600/DSCN9613.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404791088605570114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JnHqX53psqc/SwGs2_mIJEI/AAAAAAAAEDw/WS3-oWLlbKo/s400/DSCN9613.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="  ;font-family:Times;font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;h1 align="justify"&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;I came to the protest as an intern journalist not really knowing what to expect, except that a bold group of women and youth would be at the forefront of a controversial march, in the midst of a heated national debate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;I have participated in and written about other protests in California, Washington, D.C., and New York before – everything from peaceful, song filled processions to late-night anti-war demonstrations in front of the White House when police got carried away and began ramming their motorcycles into participants. However, when I lived in Dakar from 2004 to 2005 as a University student, I only witnessed student protests at UCAD (the national university - Universit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman', -webkit-fantasy;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;é &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Cheikh  Anta Diop).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;What I walked into on Friday truly impressed me. A rainbow of all corners of society gathered in front of La Poste (the post office of the Medina neighborhood), excitedly chatting, taking photos with each other, and encouraging onlookers and passers-by to sign the petition to oust President Wade.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;As thousands of protesters marched through the halted traffic, those who happened to stumble upon the event eagerly approached closer. Men walking the streets selling sunglasses and credit for cell phone cards stopped by, gazing, some to chat politics with unemployed men watching from the sidewalk. Women in flowing gowns vending street food like peanuts chanted along. A 12 year old boy, chewing a kola stick watched from the median, boldly voicing his thoughts to me that the protesters were only concerned with immediate worries like the cost of food and not seeing the bigger picture of the infrastructure improvements that Wade has overseen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt; This engaged perspective of the locals impressed me, coming from the U.S. where it is more common for pedestrians not involved in the protest to only remark on how traffic is being blocked or how “radical” the activists dress. Most of all, they generally ignore it all and continue shopping.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;The protest blossomed and continuously grew as the march passed side streets and alleys spilling over with youth. The unified chants, “Na Dem!” (in Wolof, one of the main local languages) for the president to step down, the camaraderie of marchers jumping together in song, and the adherence they paid to the leading protest organizers in red caps was truly unique.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;Indeed, some of the largest recent protests in the U.S. – respectively focusing on immigrant rights, the economy, and ending the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq include the unified elements of Friday’s protest. But protesters in the U.S. oftentimes find themselves amidst loosely connected activist groups with their own chants and own agendas marching in their own blocks– from faith-based groups, to labor unions, to anarchists, and all in between.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;I realize the biggest difference possibly stands to be the fact that this nation has had the same president for over 9 years. The thought of his term extending to 2017, if he wins elections in 2012, has truly unified an eclectic country with extremely diverse needs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:medium;"&gt;I have yet to learn how the mobilization of Bennoo will spark a long-term movement and how this will compare to the SOPI coalition for change of 2000.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;!--EndFragment--&gt;   &lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h1 align="justify"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h1 align="justify"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Marche Benno Siggil Sénégal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Un exemple à exporter aux USA? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Je suis venu à  la manifestation en tant que journaliste stagiaire ne sachant pas trop à quoi m'attendre. Une certitude, les femmes et les jeunes de la coalition Benno Siggil Sénégal allaient tenir une marche. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;En tant que journaliste, j'ai participé et écrit sur des marches qui se sont déroulées aux USA, notamment en Californie, Washington D.C., New York. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Des marches pacifiques contre la guerre, la discrimination, la pauvreté, etc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Celles-ci s’accompagnaient souvent de brutalité policière. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Lors de mon premier séjour au Sénégal de 2004 à 2005 en tant qu'étudiant universitaire, les seules manifestations auxquelles j’ai assisté étaient celles des étudiants qui étaient tout le temps dispersées par les forces de l’ordre. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Ce que fait que la marche du vendredi était une première pour moi. J’étais vraiment impressionné. Tous les différents composants de la société étaient rassemblés devant La Poste, discutant avec animation, prenant des photos, s’encourageant mutuellement. Les spectateurs et les passants étaient invités à signer la pétition qui circulait pour faire quitter le pouvoir au Président Wade. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Alors que des milliers de manifestants défilaient dans les artères, la circulation bloquée  à cet effet.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Ceux qui sont tombés sur la marche par hasard ont rejoint les marcheurs grossissant leur nombre.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Les vendeurs ambulants de lunettes de soleil, de cartes de crédits pour le téléphone, etc n’hésitaient pas mettre fin à leur service pour venir s’informer sur les raisons motivant cette marche. Les femmes vendeuses en faisaient de même.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Un garçon de 12 ans, mâchant du cola a regardé les manifestants, n’hésitant pas à m’exprimer ses pensées, «les manifestants sont seulement intéressés par les soucis immédiats comme le coût de la nourriture et ils ne regardent pas la totalité des réalisations effectuées par Wade», a confié celui-ci. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Pour moi citoyen américain, c’était assez inattendu comme spectacle. Aux Etats-Unis, il est plus fréquent pour les piétons de ne pas s’impliquer dans une marche s’ils ne sont pas militants de la cause. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Mes concitoyens ont plutôt tendance à continuer à vaquer à leurs occupations sans se soucier des marcheurs, encore de discuter avec eux.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Ils les ignorent généralement. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="justify"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;La foule grossissait au fur et à mesure, les mêmes gestes et chansons étaient repris en chœur par les manifestants, avec le respect des consignes données par les organisateurs. Impressionnant de voir cette discipline.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;En effet, certaines des plus grandes manifestations récentes aux Etats-Unis portant respectivement sur les droits des immigrants, l'économie, et la fin des guerres en Afghanistan et en Irak ne se sont pas déroulés avec une telle unité des différents participants. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Chaque groupe qui y participe a ses propres slogans, ses propres chansons, ce qui fait que les chants vont dans tous les sens. Car les manifestants aux Etats-Unis appartiennent souvent à des groupes d'activistes avec leurs propres chants.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h2 align="right"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;Joe Sciarrillo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;African Advocacy  Network&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;(French language assistance by Moussa Diallo)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="right"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8818379687871230943-8118281443758650313?l=joesciarrillo.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://joesciarrillo.blogspot.com/feeds/8118281443758650313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://joesciarrillo.blogspot.com/2009/11/senegalese-protest-against-president.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8818379687871230943/posts/default/8118281443758650313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8818379687871230943/posts/default/8118281443758650313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://joesciarrillo.blogspot.com/2009/11/senegalese-protest-against-president.html' title='Senegalese protest against President Abdoulaye Wade'/><author><name>Joe Sciarrillo</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06326728768043231568</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JnHqX53psqc/SwGs3EEsmfI/AAAAAAAAED4/ghbIW6z5Yec/s72-c/DSCN9618.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8818379687871230943.post-8216896470891223985</id><published>2009-06-07T21:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-07T21:44:25.457-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dakar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dave Eggers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Senegal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Joe Sciarrillo'/><title type='text'>Here I Am, Rock You Like A Hurricane!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JnHqX53psqc/SiyWbfhy1OI/AAAAAAAAC5A/-fXtktUsKkk/s1600-h/Joe%27s+photo+from+Senegal+sharpened.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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