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Guédiawaye soul
2025
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1997. Caroline Pochon met the Senegalese director Masseye Niang (1952-2020), who took her to live in Guédiawaye, in the Dakar suburbs. He was already married and she became his co-wife. Twenty-five years later, she returned to Senegal to pay tribute to him following in the footsteps of his film work.
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1997. Caroline Pochon met the Senegalese director Masseye Niang (1952-2020), who took her to live in Guédiawaye, in the Dakar suburbs. He was already married and she became his co-wife. Twenty-five years later, she returned to Senegal to pay tribute to him following in the footsteps of his film work.
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