most of them young people will get
radicalized they will take rifles to
make change
corruption that's the reality here
most of my friends don't have jobs
after unknown
senegal has been experiencing some of
the country's worst unrest in nearly a
decade
over two weeks thousands of young people
took to the streets
the protest kicked off after the arrest
of opposition leader uzman sanko
he was accused of rape but some people
are worried that the case is an attempt
by president maki sal
to silence the opposition something the
government denies
the protests ended earlier this month
but the tensions
amnesty international says 12 protesters
died
one of them was sharewad a 32 year old
tailor who was shot and
killed at the protests we're seeing his
brother's
sewing machine here so this is where his
brother would make clothes to then sell
them
what actually happened on that day how
was he killed
one more time
is seen as a beacon of democracy and
stability in africa and the economy here
has grown in recent years
but young people say that wealth is not
being shared with them and
they've had enough this hip-hop center
was built to provide young people here
with opportunities
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we have delinquents we have prostitution
we have robberies we have many many kind
of bad things
i'm very scared for young people because
when
actual political leaders or the future
political
leaders still lying to the people when
they
do not respect what they promise to the
people most of them young people will
get
radicalized they will take rifles
to make change
the young don't have opportunity they
they don't feel part of the system
yes i'm really really really afraid from
your friends they're your friends that
you see here
are they in work do they have jobs no
most of my friends don't have job
they don't have anything to do so they
turn to crime
and others problem like that
this song which she wrote herself is
about the loss of hope
and feeling undervalued it sums up how a
lot of her generation feels
you