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Culture in Chief: Oba Ewuare and Leopold Sedar Senghor

Culture in Chief: Oba Ewuare and Leopold Sedar Senghor

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 Cai explores how Senegal's first president, poet Leopold Senghor, believed a mix of African and French culture could carry Senegal into independence. Meanwhile, Laila tells Cai how Nigerian Oba Ewuare's taste in cultural investment still has African nations and European museums at loggerheads.
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