Senegal is becoming a perfect case study of what happens when revolutionary politics finally meets the realities of governing.
Itβs easy to unite people against a system.
Itβs much harder to run the economy, negotiate debt, satisfy voters and still maintain the purity of the movement.
A lot of liberation-style movements in Africa struggle once they transition from opposition to government because charisma and slogans eventually collide with budgets, IMF pressure and state institutions.
Thatβs exactly what weβre watching in Senegal right now.