Through the story of the launch of the first African TER train and While the State is carrying out major urban infrastructure works to decongest the city of Dakar, the Guinaw Rails district is slowly being emptied of its inhabitants. Widening the gap between the suburbs and the centre of Dakar, the population is dispersed, the sense of community dislocated. Faced with the ruins of the neighbourhood, a mother tells her documentary filmmaker son about her attachment to Guinaw Rails. Mixed with the archives of Dakar's development speeches promised by politicians since independence, the stories of the mother and the inhabitants of the neighbourhood bear witness to the swaying of consciences and hopes for change. A film that questions economic development and its impact on ordinary people, far from the challenges of globalisation.
Liti liti, A documentary by Mamadou Khouma Gueye, 2024
Screening and debate moderated by Annabelle Hagmann, AHA, with Thierno Ibrahima Dia, critique de cinema et Louisette Coulibaly, association DAC, 19 November 2026
As part of the Close up festival.
