French writer and television presenter Daniel Picouly speaks to students of the literature of art and philosophy club (CLAP) at Pikine high school in the suburbs of Dakar on June 3, 2010. Daniel Picouly, jury member on a number of French literary prizes including Le Prince Maurice and RFO, is currently in Senegal for a series of seminars. The portrait overhead depicts Leopold Sedar Senghor, a poet, writer and Senegal’s first president (1960-1980).
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