“He’s frustrated, but he’s keeping in his anger. Abdoulaye—the pseudonym of a well-known Senegalese journalist who spoke to us—just doesn’t know if he’ll be able to cover his country’s match against Iraq, scheduled to take place in Toronto on June 26 as part of the upcoming football World Cup. Known as the Lions of Teranga—Senegal’s national team, named for the Wolof concept of hospitality—the squad is in Group I alongside France and Norway, who they’ll face at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium on June 16 and 22. Accredited by FIFA and with the necessary visas in hand, Abdoulaye sums up his dilemma. …”
Africa Is a Country