Dr. Alain-Christian Bassène is the coordinator of the project for all things concerning activities in Senegal. He is the head of the linguistic department of the UCAD (Université Cheikh Anta Diop) in Dakar and has researched on a variety of Atlantic languages, among which Joola Banjal or Eegimaa, one of the languages in the scope of the Crossroads project. He is the supervisor of the project’s three Senegal-based PhD students.