Mohamed Mbougar Sarr: Reinventing Africa
By DW
05 December 2021 |
2:33 pm
The winner of the prestigious 2021 Prix Goncourt award, young Senegalese writer Mohamed Mbougar Sarr tells DW about the future he envisions for Africa.
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