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I AM A GLOBETROTTING PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL, RESEARCHER, WRITER, AND DIGITAL DESIGNER. BASED IN PORTLAND, OREGON, I APPLY THE INSIGHTS I'VE GAINED THROUGH MY WORK AS A UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR AND RESEARCHER TO ADVOCATE FOR GLOBAL INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY IN TECH.

Ali Colleen Neff, PhD Global Culture, Popular Media, Digital Design
  Experience my media work from contemporary Dakar, where robust pre-Islamic traditions of women’s ritual praise singing persist. I show how women’s voices both shape the contours of everyday living and substantiate the nation’s struggle against the difficult external circumstances of life in the postcolonial Global South.

Experience my media work from contemporary Dakar, where robust pre-Islamic traditions of women’s ritual praise singing persist. I show how women’s voices both shape the contours of everyday living and substantiate the nation’s struggle against the difficult external circumstances of life in the postcolonial Global South.

Sister Coumbis

Sister Coumbis

Women Hip-Hop Artists of Senegal

View My New Film, August 2016

View My New Film, August 2016

Women Ritual Singers and Poets of Senegal

Sista Njaaya

Sista Njaaya

Afrocosmopolitanism and the World Music Industry

The Griots of Ndagane

The Griots of Ndagane

Ethnography with the Serer Peoples of the Sine'Saloum Delta 

Oumou Sow, Pop Star

Oumou Sow, Pop Star

Documenting Arts Communities

Waking Up in Dakar

Waking Up in Dakar

Fieldwork and the Sensory Environment

Senegalese Sufism

Senegalese Sufism

A Documentary about Women Praise Singers

Social Living

Social Living

Sista Njaaya Sings the Youth Culture of Dakar

Soukeye Dieng

Soukeye Dieng

The contemporary women praise singers of Senegal

Sabar and Spectacle

Sabar and Spectacle

Women's ritual dance circles of Senegal

Documenting Spirituality

Documenting Spirituality

Sound and Movement at a Senegalese Sufi dahira

Toussa Senerap

Toussa Senerap

Senegal's Leading Feminist Rapper and her Crew 

Dance and Pop

Dance and Pop

Senegalese dancers draw from longstanding tradition to style new movements in Afropop

Sufi Praise Singer Binta Sarr Diop

Sufi Praise Singer Binta Sarr Diop

Hear the young Baay Fall praise singer vocalize the zikr in ritual

The New Masters of Eloquence

The New Masters of Eloquence

Southernness, Senegal, and Transatlantic Hip-hop Creativity

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Women's Ritual Poetry

Women's Ritual Poetry

Watch a video field recording of a working grotto in Senegal

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  Experience my media work from contemporary Dakar, where robust pre-Islamic traditions of women’s ritual praise singing persist. I show how women’s voices both shape the contours of everyday living and substantiate the nation’s struggle against the difficult external circumstances of life in the postcolonial Global South.
Sister Coumbis
View My New Film, August 2016
Sista Njaaya
The Griots of Ndagane
Oumou Sow, Pop Star
Waking Up in Dakar
Senegalese Sufism
Social Living
Soukeye Dieng
Sabar and Spectacle
Documenting Spirituality
Toussa Senerap
Dance and Pop
Sufi Praise Singer Binta Sarr Diop
The New Masters of Eloquence
WomensGallery69.jpg
WomensGallery85.jpg
Women's Ritual Poetry
WomensGallery71.jpg
WomensGallery101.jpg
WomensGallery99.jpg
Khady4.jpg
 

I am a globetrotting Public Intellectual, researcher, writer, and digital designer. Based in Portland, Oregon, I apply the insights I've gained through my work as a university professor and researcher to advocate for global inclusion and diversity in tech.

 

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