SENEGAL

Federation Senegalaise de Football
Stade Leopold Sedar Senghor
Rout De L'Aeroport
L.S. Senghor
B.P. 13021 Dakar

Official website (none found)

Anthem

Goalkeepers Tony Mario Sylva Oumar Diallo Khalidou Cissoko

Defenders Ferdinand Coly Omar Daf Aliou Cissé Pape Malick Diop Lamine Diatta Habib Bèye Alassane Ndour

Midfielders Salif Diao Pape Bouba Diop Pape Sarr Sylvain Ndiaye Makhtar Ndiaye Moussa Ndiaye Amdy Moustapha Faye Khalilou Fadiga

Strikers Henri Camara Souleymane Camara Pape Thiaw El Hadj Diouf Amara Traoré

Then, Sweden 1 Senegal 2 aet and into the quarter finals.

Quarter final: Senegal 0 Turkey 1 AET (golden goal).

Group A	P	W	D	L	F	A	Gd	Pts
Denmark	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Senegal	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
Uruguay	3	0	2	1	4	5	-1	2
France	3	0	1	2	0	3	-3	1

Absolutely no hope, but what do I know?!? The opening game could be an upset if France are too laid back and Senegal are pouncing - then we could have fun! Interesting (and long) anthem!

(11/06/02 09:43:43) Yes, what DO I know!!! Senegal finish 2nd in the group and meet the winner of Group F.

Sound, all of you, your Koras,
Beat the drums,
The red Lion has roared,
The Tamer of the bush with one leap has rushed forward
Scattering the gloom.
Light on our terrors,
Light on our hopes.
Arise, brothers, Africa behold united!

CHORUS
Shoulder to shoulder,
O people of Sénégal, more than brothers to me, arise!
Unite the sea and the springs,
Unite the steppe and the forest!
Hail, mother Africa,
Hail, mother Africa!

Sénégal, thou son of the Lion
Arise in the night with great speed,
Restore, oh, restore to us the honour of our ancestors,
Magnificent as ebony and strong as muscles!
We are a straight people-the sword has no fault.

CHORUS

Sénégal, we make your great design our own:
To gather the chicks, sheltering them from kites,
To make from them, from East to West, from North to South,
A people rising as one, in seamless unity,
Yet a people facing all the winds of the earth.

CHORUS

Sénégal, like thee, like all our heroes,
We will be stern without hatred, and with open arms.
The sword we will put peacefully in its sheath,
For work and words will be our weapon.
The Bantu is our brother, the Arab, and the White man too.

CHORUS

But if the enemy violates our frontiers,
We will all be ready, weapons in our hands;
A people in its faith defying all evil;
Young and old, men and women,
Death, yes! but not dishonour.

CHORUS

(heck!)

Senegalese Chicken Soup

1 large onion, diced
4 Tbsp olive oil
1 tsp (or to taste) garlic, minced
6 Tbsp curry powder
2 tsp cayenne pepper
2 tsp ground coriander
5-7 cups chicken broth
2 cans crushed tomatoes
1 small can tomato paste
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 lb cooked chicken, diced to taste
Salt and black pepper
2 scallions (spring onions?), thinly sliced
Garnish: crushed peanuts, chopped cilantro

Heat olive oil in stock or soup pot. Add onions and saute until translucent. Add garlic and cook 2 minutes. Add curry, cayenne and coriander and cook, stirring constantly and scraping pot bottom, 2 more minutes (if mixture is too dry, add olive oil to moisten). Add 5 cups chicken stock, crushed tomatoes and tomato paste. Simmer for 30 minutes- do not boil. Stir often and scrape pot bottom with wooden spoon to avoid sticking. Add more stock to adjust soup consistency if desired. Add salt and pepper as needed. Transfer 1/2 of soup to a blender or food processor (one with a good splash guard!) Add peanut butter and blend until well mixed, adding stock if too thick. Return blended soup to pot and stir to mix well. Add diced chicken and stir to distribute; cook about 15 minutes to allow chicken to absorb soup flavors. Add scallions, cook 5 more minutes, and serve. Garnish with crushed peanuts and chopped cilantro to taste.

FAMOUS PEOPLE

Miriam Makeba ("Mama Africa"), Youssou N'Dour (Senegalese superstar ?)