Akon Says His Senegalese Smart-City Will Be a Safe Haven for African Americans. Some Locals Wonder If There’s Room for Them, Too
by Anne Branigin on The Grapevine, shared by Anne Bra from on (#57P5C)
Akon is plowing ahead with his plans to build the Pan-African, high-tech Akon City" in Senegal, announcing at a press conference Monday that he had laid down the first stone in the coastal village of Mbodiene.