Gay mbour, senegal

On the famous beaches of Mbour, Senegal, the police discovered two men, 16 and 38 years old, while having sex. The agents immediately arrested the two lovers, who risk being sentenced to 5 years in prison. The news triggered the homophobia of the press in the African country, with a lot of titles on the.

Dakar-based journalist Marta Moreiras explores what it means to be gay in Senegal, where homosexual men here are targeted with the slur “Góor-jigéen” - a pejorative term which literally.