Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Damel Carayol also known as 'Damel the Artist’ has coined the term ‘Afstract Figurative’ to describe his work. (Picture: Elusade ...

The Damel just opened in downtown Oakland last year, bringing a multicultural mix of Senegalese, Argentinian, and Brazilian flavors to the area. A year later, first-time chef-owner Oumar Diuf is ...

Chef Oumar Diouf has led a pretty interesting life. And at The Damel, his new Uptown Oakland restaurant that opened in June, he wants to tell his story through Afro-Brazilian cuisine. Diouf was born ...

Chef Oumar Diouf was born and raised in Senegal. In 2006, after traveling to South America to pursue his dream of becoming an international soccer player, he found culinary school and decided to ...

Bolanle Tajudeen: Where did you grow up? Damel Carayol: I was born in The Gambia, West Africa, and I spent most of my time outside. At around five years old, I started to express myself, and I ...