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From "Are you a street vendor?" to "Are you a model?": Cheikh's story, from a boat to the catwalk

The Senegalese model publishes, co-authored with journalist María Albarral, the memoirs Una casa para mi madre (Plaza y Janés), a candid testimony about the ordeal that every immigrant suffers in the search for a dignified life.

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From "Are you a street vendor?" to "Are you a model?": Cheikh's story, from a boat to the catwalk

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