Docta

Amadou Lamine Ngom aka "Docta" is a rap-scene legend in Dakar. He's not only a graffiti artist whose works decorate walls all over the city and the covers of cassettes produced by local emcees, he's also branched out into fashion and is developing his own line of hiphop clothing. In public, he himself wears an imposing turban. Although Ngom's soft, flowing rap reminds some of 50 Cent, the Docta says that to blindly repeat Western styles is to abandon yourself. He sees himself as a moral authority, and enjoys lecturing on Islam, hiphop and politics. "Xonet" tells the story of poverty in his country, of beggars and lies, and the question of whether there's anyone left we can trust.