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A Senegalese in the land of bare-knuckle wrestling

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12 October 2013

Nicolas Bancel

Sciences sociales et politiques, UNIL

A Senegalese wrestling champion seeks to become the king of Swiss wrestling: a sport steeped in tradition that has now become a media phenomenon.

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