In 2015 I was invited to a residency at Keur Laminaire in Saint-Louis, Senegal, which is four hours north of Dakar by car on the western edge of the African continent. In early 2016 I arrived in Saint-Louis to produce a new community-engaged work on the 200th anniversary of the grim events related to the stranding of the French frigate Medusa, an event that remains a strong reminder of the perils of poor leadership and a corrupt bureaucracy.
In the summer of 1816 the Medusa ran aground on its w…
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