Dakar 2026: "Keep control of our story", the successful challenge of the opening ceremony Dakar's director of ceremonies Khadi Niang has come out of the shadows thanks to the resounding success of the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games. A ceremony she claims is "completely human", designed as a gesture of African pride and re-appropriation, driven by history, everyday life and the energy of youth rather than technological escalation. Graduated in finance, with an atypical career path that took her from banking to entrepreneurship in make-up, then to the role of main make-up artist in Abdrahman Sisko's films (Timbuktu, Black Tea), she returns exclusively to RFI in her mission at the head of the ceremonies, with complete energy. read more

Dakar 2026: "Keep control of our story", the successful challenge of the opening ceremony Dakar's director of ceremonies Khadi Niang has come out of the shadows thanks to the resounding success of the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games. A ceremony she claims is "completely human", designed as a gesture of African pride and re-appropriation, driven by history, everyday life and the energy of youth rather than technological escalation. Graduated in finance, with an atypical career path that took her from banking to entrepreneurship in make-up, then to the role of main make-up artist in Abdrahman Sisko's films (Timbuktu, Black Tea), she returns exclusively to RFI in her mission at the head of the ceremonies, with complete energy. read more