Romania, 52

ronier, 136–137

roots, 1, 44, 136–137, 150, 220

Rosen, Philip, 17

rotating savings and credit associations, 230

routine, 76, 79

Ruelle, Catherine, 164

rural, 37, 164, 167, 178, 184–185, 200, 204, 212, 215, 217, 230, 234

rural exodus, 217

Rwanda, 3

sabotage, 54

sacrificial lamb, 195

Sahara, 15, 128, 218, 228

sahel regions, 128

salindana, 193

same-sex marriage, 201

Sankara, Thomas, 211, 238

santhiaba, 202

sardonically, 102

Sarr, Diouana, 223–224

satire, 20–21, 123, 261, 263

Saudi Arabia, 150

Saxewaar, 137

scarf, 145–146

scathing, 21, 99, 108, 232

scene, 11, 20, 22, 38–39, 48, 69, 71, 79, 83, 102, 115–116, 122, 129, 134–135, 137–138, 140, 142, 144, 146–147, 152, 154–155, 159, 167, 169–171, 173–174, 179, 192–196, 200, 214, 217, 224–226, 228, 230–231, 233, 235, 249–250

Scheinfeigel, Maxime, 175

Scheub, Harold, 66

scholars, 15, 17–18, 20–22, 32, 49, 58, 83, 128, 152

school education, 106, 121

Scottish, 141

screen griot, 59, 65, 89

scriptwriter, 20

sculpture, 180

Seɓɓe, 130

secularism, 158–159

secure funding, 14

self-defeating, 33

self-esteem, 189

self-gratifying, 189, 191

selfhood, 93, 95

self-reliance, 229

self-serving, 102, 109, 116, 129, 170, 189, 191

sell, 78, 194, 210, 235–236, 266

Sembène, Ousmane, 1, 13, 17–23, 29, 65, 67–68, 238

Senegal, 1–2, 8–10, 17–18, 20–21, 24–25, 30, 33, 35–37, 40, 42, 44–46, 50, 54–59, 67–69, 71–72, 74, 76, 81, 83, 85, 94, 96, 100, 102, 104–111, 113, 119–120, 122–123, 127–131, 138, 140–142, 148, 150–152, 155–160, 164, 166, 168–169, 172, 176–177, 179–181, 183–189, 198, 200–203, 213–214, 217, 219, 221–223, 225–227, 230–234, 236–238, 240, 245–246, 249, 251–253, 255, 257, 259, 261, 263

Senghor, 7, 21, 42–46, 49–52, 54–56, 98–99, 107, 112, 123, 141, 156

sensibility, 9, 42

sententious, 3

Serceau, Daniel, 16–17, 175

Sereer, 1, 94, 108, 168, 223, 231

Servility, 95–96

seventh heaven, 121

sex, 122, 190, 201

Shaka, Femi Okiremuete, 15

Shakespeare, 6

sharia law, 132–133