Cap-Vert is a peninsula in Senegal, and the westernmost point of the continent of Africa and of the Old World mainland. Originally called Cabo Verde or "Cape Green" by Portuguese explorers, it is not to be confused with the Cape Verde islands, which are some 560 kilometres (350 mi) further west. Dakar, the capital of Senegal, is located near the southern tip.

Cap-Vert is a rocky promontory extending west from the main sandy areas of Senegal. Cap-Vert has an excellent harbor, facing Gorée Island.

Formed by a combination of volcanic offshore islands and a land bridge produced by coastal currents, it projects into the Atlantic Ocean, bending back to the southeast at its tip. Exposure to southwesterly winds contributes to Cape Verde's seasonal verdant appearance, in contrast to the undulating yellow dunes to the north.

The peninsula is shaped like a triangle (about 9 miles (14 km) per side), with the base of the triangle roughly along the north and its apex on the south, near Dakar. Near Pointe des Almadies, the north-western tip of the cape, lies Dakar's international airport, famous as a transatlantic ferrying point during World War II. Twin volcanic cones, the Deux Mamelles ("Two Teats"), dominate the landscape along the coast northwest of Dakar. The peninsula embraces a bay and a natural harbour in the southwest.

Ola Balogun (born 1 August 1945 in Aba, Imo State) is a Nigerian filmmaker and scriptwriter. He also ventured into the Nigerian music industry in 2001. Balogun, who has been making films for over three decades, is part of the first generation of Nigerian filmmakers.

Balogun was born in 1945 in Aba, Nigeria to Yoruba parents. His father practiced law in Aba until his death. The first language that Balogun learned to speak was Ibo. He attended Christ the King School, Aba, from 1951 to 1957, then went to King’s College, Lagos. He studied at the University of Dakar (1962-3) and at the University of Caen, France (1963-6). He worked with Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Information as a scriptwriter in 1969 and was later posted to Paris as a press attaché of the Nigerian embassy. A pioneer of Nigerian filmmaking, Balogun produced his first films in the early 1970s.