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Film
The World Around the Lane Lines
Dakar, Senegal · 12’
Senegal is stepping into a rare and historic moment. In 2026, Dakar is scheduled to host the Youth Olympic Games — the first Olympic event ever held on African soil. This matters not only because of symbolism, but because it shifts the geography of global sport. For once, the world is being asked to look toward Africa not only as a reservoir of talent, but as a stage, a host, and a center.
A stage, not only a pipeline
Senegal is stepping into a rare and historic moment. In 2026, Dakar is scheduled to host the Youth Olympic Games — the first Olympic event ever held on African soil. This matters not only because of symbolism, but because it shifts the geography of global sport. For once, the world is being asked to look toward Africa not only as a reservoir of talent, but as a stage, a host, and a center.
Lane lines organise more than races. They organise who is centre and who is margin. As Dakar prepares, SIFE asks how hosting can redistribute attention without extracting local labour as unpaid spectacle.
Listening on the ground
Between training sessions and municipal briefings, athletes describe pride and pressure in the same breath. Coaches ask whether temporary venues will leave lasting clubs. Parents ask whether girls will still have space after the cameras leave.
Questions we keep open
Who owns the narrative when the Games arrive?
What infrastructure remains public afterward?
How do we archive local knowledge without flattening it into tourism?
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Credits
A PAUMAGAZINE Film
