Comedy Allows More Biting Expression In Senegal
                   
voanews.com: The Senegalese comedian known as Koutcha is on the air voanews.com
voanews.com     May 20, 2008          

Colombant report - Listen (MP3) African countries like Senegal, where journalists regularly get sentenced to jail for what they say and write, or where the quality of reporting is not good, comedians are playing an expanding role as government watchdogs in the media. A medley of music and best of... [read full story]                

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