Moussa Sène Absa was born in 1958 in Senegal. After starting a career as an actor, he has won awards for his short films, documentaries, and features. He is also a painter and author. He exemplifies the âhomo senegalensisâ, an ideal of an artist, which was dear to LĂŠopold SĂŠdar Senghor, rooted in tradition but fully willing to use what the Western world has to offer. Ironically, Absa is more