Documentary traces Soham El Wardini’s path in Dakar
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Beninwebtv
Senegalese filmmaker Diabou Bessane will present a documentary about Soham El Wardini, the city’s first woman mayor, in Dakar on 20 October 2026. The screening will inaugurate the “Governing as a Woman” collection and the public launch of the Centre for Feminist Archiving and Documentation, according to Dakaractu.
A documentary by Senegalese filmmaker Diabou Bessane about Soham El Wardini, Dakar’s first woman mayor, will have its premiere on Tuesday 20 October 2026 at the Pathé cinema in the Senegalese capital, Beninwebtv reports.
Organised by the Centre for Feminist Archiving and Documentation (CADF) and Féline Productions, the screening will inaugurate the “Governing as a Woman” collection. The film looks back at the former mayor’s career and women’s place in the exercise of power, while highlighting the difficulties involved in finding and preserving records of their careers, according to the filmmaker.
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