senegal and the other countries, not that we re better or anything like that. but, in senegal it s probably one of the only countries in west africa, probably in all africa, where i can be from one ethnic group and he can be from a different ethnic group but we can talk without french using our local language and understand each other. cause everybody speaks wolof. papa: i, i m i happen to believe that, um, this world is going to be a better place when more cultures are actually given a chance to be put at the table. djily: [rapping]
anthony: on a motor bike? jean: yeah. anthony: wow. so, what happened? it stopped in, uh . abdou: the last race was in 07, in 08, uh . anthony: 2007? abdou: yeah. in, in, in 2008 we were at the start and we didn t start. jean: that s right. abdou: we didn t start. jean: they cancelled the, the race. anthony: in 2008, officials shut the event down with racers from all over the world at the starting line. a response to the murder of four french citizens in maritania and to the discovery of potential terrorist threats against the race in the region. the race, now called the dakar rally, was moved off the african continent and currently runs much of the length of south america. anthony: but will, will it come back? what do you think? abdou: here in senegal? anthony: yeah. abdou: never. anthony: whoa. jean: i hope so! abdou: never. anthony: why? why? why never? abdou: because these people, when they leave, they did it not in a fair way. anthony: s
minielle: well . anthony: why not? what s missing? minielle: you will have powerful women, like, arguing for what we call parite here. so, gender balance. and, then, you take that same woman and you tell her that her son is supposed to start cooking and doing the laundry. oumy: washing, yes. minielle: there is even a word. i m sorry, what s wrong with that? minielle: so, for senegalese women, taking care of her man and treating him as a king is part of who she is and she is taking proud of it. oumy: it s too easy to be a, a boy here in senegal. you do nothing, nothing. fama: there s been men in the position of presidential but we can have, uh, also a woman in the head of, uh, senegal. if we don t try, we will never know.
particularly great. sear the beef, cook the onion, garlic, peppers, and carrots, deglaze with ground peanuts and broth, bringing up all that good stuff from the pan, then simmer until tender and awesome. serve hot over rice. anthony: wow. youssou: ah. anthony: that looks good. youssou: that s good. good, good, good, good, good. thank you. anthony: wow. this is very, very good. youssou: the symbol of connection, mali and segegal, is the mafe. this dish, you can appreciate here, you can appreciate in mali also. anthony: so, what s the future? youssou: future? anthony: the future. 20 years from now, where will senegal be? youssou: what i hope is in 20 years, senegal is gonna be the place for great and big contribution of what we call islam. anthony: do you think there s any danger of, the kind of radical islam that we see taking hold in many places in africa?
anthony: people started to talk about you when you age 12 when you started to perform, uh, professionally. youssou: yeah. anthony: but did you come from a musical tradition? youssou: my mom, she s a griot. griot are the storytellers and they are also singers, rappers, and everything. and i, i grow with my grandma, she was a big singer. she give me a lot of things. and from there going to the school for two years, then left the school and start my career. anthony: tonight we are having a beef mafe, which is a stew thickened with ground peanuts. there are similar preparations throughout west africa, but the senegalese version is