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West African culture takes center stage at Dakar’s ECOFEST 2025
ECOFEST 2025 in Dakar, Senegal focuses on how culture fosters resilience amid political crises in West Africa.
![Fatima Jobe, known as “Fatou,” poses in her Dakar shop on 14 November 2025. [Nicolas Remene/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/image-1764970091.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Worshippers listen to Imam Ibrahima Diane deliver his sermon at the Great Mosque of Nietty Mbar in Thiaroye, a suburb of Dakar. [Sylvain Cherkaoui/AP Photo]
Merchants walk past the Great Mosque of Nietty Mbar. [Sylvain Cherkaoui/AP Photo]
In Senegal, as in many other West African countries with large rural or conservative populations, men often have the final say in major household decisions, including those related to health. [Sylvain Cherkaoui/AP Photo]
Imam Ibrahima Diane, left, talks with El Hadj Malick, coordinator of the “school for husbands” programme at the Great Mosque of Nietty Mbar. [Sylvain Cherkaoui/AP Photo]
The programme now operates in more than 20 schools throughout Senegal, and more than 300 men have been trained. [Sylvain Cherkaoui/AP Photo]
A woman prays in the designated women's section at the Great Mosque of Nietty Mbar. [Sylvain Cherkaoui/AP Photo]
Diane regularly delivers sermons during Friday prayers, in which he discusses issues around gender and reproductive health, from gender-based violence to combating stigma surrounding HIV. [Sylvain Cherkaoui/AP Photo]
Men join the groups after being recruited based on trust, leadership and commitment. [Sylvain Cherkaoui/AP Photo]
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