CREATE! (2018), "Lions of Teranga: Senegal in the World Cup"

• Author: no individual byline; attributed to "CREATE!" (the organization's own blog account).
• Publication: createaction.org blog, 14 June 2018 (published during Senegal's 2018 FIFA World Cup run).
• URL: https://www.createaction.org/blog/senegal-in-the-world-cup/
• Type: tertiary/popular — organizational blog post, neutral-to-celebratory stance, no independent sourcing given.
• Accessed: 2026-09-04.

Extract

• States the Senegal national football team's nickname is "the Lions of Teranga," and glosses teranga as encompassing "the warmth, generosity, and sharing that is core to Senegalese life."
• Frames the nickname as a deliberate "juxtaposition between the gentle hospitality of Teranga and the power displayed on the football field" — the lion supplying strength/ferocity, teranga supplying the hospitality half of the pairing.
• Gives no history of when or by whom the nickname was coined, and no sourcing for its own claims.

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• Teranga