Dakar, May 6 (APS) – Cultural activities dedicated to Senegalese footballer Jules-François Bocandé, who died on May 7, 2012, will be held from this Tuesday in Ziguinchor and Sédhiou (south), APS learned from the organizers .
They will continue until May 11. It will be about ”celebrating the remarkable contribution of Jules-François Bocandé to Senegalese sport”, explains a press release from Linkering Productions and Mama Human Project Development.
It will at the same time be an opportunity to “celebrate the memory of this great man who, through his passion for football, demonstrated throughout his life his visceral attachment to his land of origin, Casamance, his commitment especially in favor of his homeland, Senegal.
According to documentary filmmaker Macky Madiba Sylla, one of the organizers of the events dedicated to the late Senegal senior national team striker, the program will start Tuesday at 5 p.m. at the Alliance Française in Ziguinchor.
”The heritage of Essamaay” (the lion, in Diola) is the theme of a round table planned in this cultural enclosure in the city of Ziguinchor.
The goal of the organizers, according to the press release, “is to introduce this football legend to a young audience who […] knows Jules-François Bocandé very little.
The round table will be moderated by Nouha Cissé, historian and former president of Casa Sports, and the journalist Abdoulatif Diop, author of the book ”Bocandé, the eternal legend”.
The round table will be followed by the opening of an exhibition of previously unpublished photographs of the footballer who died on May 7, 2012 in Metz, France, at the age of 53.
The documentary ”Essamaay, Bocandé la panthère”, by directors Maky Madiba Sylla and Lionel Bourqui, will be screened Wednesday May 8 at 8 p.m. at the Kadiadoumagne hotel in Ziguinchor.
On Thursday, the Independence Square in Sédhiou will host a screening of the same documentary, which will again be presented to the public on May 11, at the Aline-Sitoé-Diatta crossroads in Ziguinchor.
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