🌍 Colonial heritage is part of everyday life in Africa because it is deeply embedded in contemporary societies through both material and immaterial legacies. 📣 In December, Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye announced plans to set up a new government agency tasked with renaming streets and public spaces to commemorate Senegalese people rather than French colonialists. 💬 An Al Jazeera report gives a voice to various people in Dakar who represent the range of opinions in many African societies. 👏 Intellectuals celebrate the measure, while the young underclass is not particularly interested in the name of the street where they try to earn a living – they demand that Faye address something else first. 👇 https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/2/6/from-street-names-to-textbooks-senegal-is-rewriting-french-colonial-memory?mc_cid=c556b4f426&mc_eid=400862bc49