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Hey guys,

I recently signed up at a driving school in Dakar to prep for my theoretical exam, and the experience has been incredibly frustrating.

On my first day, I walked into the classroom and the instructor was already mid-session with a group, shouting out answers with zero context. When I asked the reception for a clear class schedule or syllabus so I could follow along properly, they literally told me: "No schedule, it just runs all day from 9 AM to 6 PM, just walk in whenever."
It feels completely unorganized. There is no curriculum, no step-by-step teaching, just random question loops. If you don't already know the basics, you're completely lost.

For those who got their permit here recently:

Is this chaotic "loop system" standard for all auto-écoles in Dakar?

How did you actually pass the code exam? Did you just stop going to the physical classes and study on your own?

Are there any specific apps, websites, or YouTube channels that actually match the official Senegal exam questions?

I feel like I'm wasting my time sitting in that chaotic room. Any insights, platform recommendations, or hacks to bypass these useless lectures would be deeply appreciated

A post in r/cotedivoire make it seems like Senegalese are jealous of them in general.

They don’t know that we don’t calculate anyone. We just do us. We are Africans and in the west they don’t differentiate us much they just see us as Africans.

What are your thoughts

I am incredibly grateful for your performance at the World Cup. Your players were absolutely amazing to watch, I don’t know much about football but I was devastated by the way the match ended.

The next is yours! (Handsome players by the way)

Salut tout le monde ! 👋

Je suis Mohamed, ravi de rejoindre ce groupe. J'espère faire de nouvelles connaissances, échanger avec vous et passer de bons moments ensemble. Au plaisir de discuter avec chacun d'entre vous ! 😊

They are not removing post from Moroccans against senegal but they’re removing opposite. I’m wondering if this coincidence.

I wasn't really sure if I should post this, but I wanted to hear from other Senegalese (and other Africans too) because religion is such an important part of our society.

I was born to a Muslim non-practicing Senegalese mother and a Togolese/Ghanaian Christian father. Out of the gate their union made me and my mom pariahs in her own family which led to me and my grandma not having the slightest relationship. I felt it very young because of how she treated me compared to my cousins and how she basically made an enemy out of my mom, her eldest. I was baptized as a Christian when I was around 4 years old, had my first communion and confirmation a few years later, but my mother's family also did everything they could to raise me as a Muslim, including sending me to a Daara when I was younger which wasn't the greatest experience, (we used to get beat up by the teacher tbh). I have been to mosques and churches in my 26 years of life but it's like I'm cosplaying.

The thing is, I never really felt at home in either religion. During my time at the Daara I never found myself connecting with Islam, and despite going through Christian sacraments, I never felt like Christianity fully reflected what I believed either.

I don't think I necessarily believe in nothing. I think the human nature defines this constant need of sense that helps our brain organize the world, cope with uncertainty, and find a purpose which is probably why I struggle to completely let go. I struggle with some of the doctrines of both religions, and I don't feel like I genuinely belong in either community. To me these religions have been updated so much to fit individual biases and desires to the point where It just feels performative at this point. To me religion feels like this imported "product" that people are hooked on to the point of dismissing any process of logical thinking.

Because of how people often react to religious questions, I don't really feel comfortable talking about this with my family or anyone, especially here in Senegal or in Africa in general. I know the first response would probably be to arrange for me to speak to an imam or a priest. While I respect both religions, that's not really what I'm looking for because they usually have their agendas. The one time I dared to talk about it was with a Muslim friend, who outright told me that I was going to burn in hell because I am not a believer regardless of much of a good person I was on earth which to me was mental. My christian friend preferred burying his head in the sand but I could tell he was judging me.

I also haven't attended church regularly in years. The only times I go are for celebrations like Christmas or Easter because one thing some families like mine cannot stand is someone who doesn't belong anywhere. There was a time where one uncle (a christian, also my tutor for nearly a decade) told me and my cousins (his kids) that we had to be either Christians, Muslims or Jews; there was no place for non-believers in his house and that just felt like lottery to me. You're born into a family, you inherit their beliefs, maybe somewhere down the road, you doubt then you explore other options and hope for the best and it goes on and on.

Sometimes I feel like the black sheep on both sides of my family. Too Christian for some people, too Muslim for others, and not religious enough for either. And another thing that's very weird to me is how some of my family members call themselves believers but wear loads of talismans and partake in witchcraft.

To be clear, I'm not trying to criticize anyone's faith or start an argument. I'm just wondering if anyone else, whether Muslim, Christian, atheist, agnostic, or still figuring things out, has ever felt this way. How did you deal with it, especially in a country where religion is such a big part of everyday life?

Please keep the discussion respectful. I'm here to understand other people's experiences, not to argue about who's right.
Thanks in advance.

Diasporic senegalese. Been living in Senegal for quite a bit.
I work in advisory/consulting and for the last 6 months, I feel like I can’t stay in this country.
We have so much hubris we don’t see or acknowledge the grand scheme of things.
And just like everywhere there is always people that are trying to do the right thing I reckon that.
But like there’s structural and cultural flaws in Senegalese people
I even am culprit of that in some sense but at lest I feel like I’m aware of it.
We are living in an illusion and we are still so much in a “””slave””” mentality which going to cause our doom.

It’s like being in a car race being the won’t driver with potential having bad engineers and race strategist and still talk like we get P1

We gotta be way more humble

People are going to cuss but I won’t even be shocked that’s how badly I see our people so keep it coming mf
For the ones that see it in a better way and not just as knock but more as a message from a hurt patriot don’t hesitate to create cerebral emulation :))

Edit: our football team and it’s management as well as the FSF are just mirrors of our country

Edit 2: don’t think that we got ennemies or this is some kind of foreign interference 🤣🤣🤣
We ain’t that interesting yet 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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NO ERA PENAL!

CE N'ETAIT PAS UN PENALTY!!!!!!

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Zambian here. I was rooting for all of the African teams except South Africa and Morocco. Today’s results were painful, especially the Senegal game. I just had this weird feeling right before Belgium scored that something bad would happen. Same feeling I had when Ivory Coast played Germany and Norway. I don’t have much hope in Ghana or Egypt to go far. Which leaves Morocco, a country I lost respect for because of their behaviour in the final as well as the racism they spewed in the aftermath.

Now I’m left with no choice but to see them go far. If they had any dignity they wouldn’t accept the 2026 AFCON win but they are still silent on the matter, hence agreeing to seeing you guys stripped of the title.

This is genuinely the first time I'm this heartbroken over a football result and I'm usually used to the pain since I'm a Dortmund fan. But this is genuinely bad and it just highlights how African teams, especially West African teams lack composure when it matters the most. I feel like we can only play well against each other. When watching the France and Norway game as well as this one you see how much our coaches decisions affected our results. We can talk about individual performances but the truth is this coach has cost us this campaign. I think I'm gonna start watching some shit like badminton or fencing I don't know 😭

I’ll be honest, when the game ended part of me felt like it was karma. After everything that happened during AFCON, many of us Moroccans felt hurt and isolated and vilified. It's a shit feeling. So in the heat of the moment it was easy to react emotionally.

But right now, that happiness doesn’t feel right. Seeing Senegalese fans heartbroken, including videos of Sengalese leaving cafés here in Morocco (wearing Moroccan jerseys en plus !!) , reminded me that this is bigger than rivalry. I wanted to wipe the sadness off of every face, go back in time and see you win.

Football should never make us forget who we are. Rivalry is part of the game, but hatred and racism have no place in it. We are all African before anything else, despite what you might think, we actually don't enjoy being excluded. We're so proud of being African. African football only becomes stronger when we stand together. We are underdogs face à de grandes nations du foot, on a tout intérêt à se tirer vers le haut aulieu de se déchirer.

So hard luck to Senegal. You have an incredible team and passionate fans. I truly hope we can leave the bitterness behind and get back to what we used to be. Tight.

Much love from Morocco. 🇲🇦❤️🇸🇳

WorldCup wasn't fair aswell lol

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This is completely unacceptable!!! Where is our mod team??!

Try posting anything that slightly goes against interest on another country's subreddit and you'll often see it removed or locked in seconds if it's likely to disrupt the community. Yet here, people are allowed to do whatever they want without any moderation.

This is SHAMEFUL MOD Team!!!!!