In NYC's Little Senegal, World Cup excitement meets exclusion and economic strain

In NYC's Little Senegal, World Cup excitement meets exclusion and economic strain Submitted by Azad Essa on Mon, 06/15/2026 - 01:51 The Senegalese will take on France on Tuesday, but many locals will be excluded from the match taking place just 30 minutes away Saliou Gueye, a sports science student, outside the Senegalese Association of America (Azad Essa/MEE) Off In the barber shops and cafes of Little Senegal, the West African enclave stretching along 116th Street in New York City's Harlem, big screens glow with