Dakar (Senegal)

October 23, 2023

Five Places to Visit in Dakar, Senegal, With Singer Baaba Maal

Had everything gone to plan, the singer-songwriter Baaba Maal’s move to Senegal’s capital from the northern hinterlands would have ended up differently — specifically, with a […]
January 2, 2023

Dakar Street Style: A Photo Portfolio

DAKAR, Senegal — The clash of cranes and bulldozers and the abundance of concrete and pipes as one walks through the streets signal where Dakar is […]
December 8, 2022

Chanel Brings Its First Runway Show to Africa

The French brand brought its Métiers d’Art show to Dakar. It could have gone badly wrong. The optics of Chanel, one of the most haute of […]
April 15, 2021

How Working From Home Changed Wardrobes Around the World

It wasn’t all sweats and leggings. A whirlwind tour of how the pandemic affected what we wore, from India to Italy. Have months of self-isolation, lockdown […]
December 8, 2020

How to Pretend You’re in Dakar Today

Gorée Island is one of a handful of islands reachable by ferry from mainland Dakar.Credit…Sebastian Modak/The New York Times How to Pretend You’re in Dakar Today […]
May 18, 2020

The Joy of Looking at the Lives of Strangers

ImageCredit…Illustration by Rebecca Lieberman/The New York Times The Joy of Looking at the Lives of Strangers By Scrolling through my Instagram search page is hope for […]