Senegal: abandoned for years, audiovisual archives are getting a makeover

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In Dakar, a spectator attends the first screening of the restored audiovisual archives of Senegal.

© RFI / Manon Laplace

By: Manon Laplace Follow

4 min

Under the aegis of the Senegalese Cinematography Department, Italian historian Marco Lena and video artist Tiziana Manfredi have embarked on painstaking work to restore some 400 reels of audiovisual archives selected from over 6,000 found.

In December and for the first time, the fruit of their work was exhibited in Dakar on the occasion of various cultural events. 

• Senegal

• Media

• Culture

• Culture Africa