by Philippe SIUBERSKI DAKAR, Senegal (AFP) — Rapper Akon has set his sights on building a sprawling $6 billion city in his Senegal homeland to welcome Africans of the diaspora to their “home back home”. The R&B star, who boasts two multi-platinum albums, told a news conference Monday he had laid the first stone for the city in the Atlantic Ocean village of Mbodiene around 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of the Senegalese capital Dakar. […]
