…continued bush taxi adventure in Senegal A “sept place” taxi is called, “seven places” for the most obvious reason: it has seven seats for passengers; two rows in the back seating three to each and…
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naked white
a brave minority I climb off his motorbike at the taxi station and Mbouille shows me the palm of his hand; “Stay here. If they see a white person, they will raise the price.”…
bush taxi, part i: pride in a name
(Playing Part in the Diallo Family) Portland, Oregon The fact that our food is thirty minutes tardy is hardly given a wink of conscious thought; our mouths full, with the gossip that spans the…
snippets of senegal
No time to type. But I think the videos capture colors of Senegal that would have faded in my print. The people are the highlight of this country, so I’ll let them speak, laugh, dance,…
mysteriously sustained
Every vision, every interaction, every conversation, every person – in Senegal – is a composition. Like a shaken bottle of champagne, I feel myself about to explode in explanation of what I would easily label,…
wonderfully raw reality dip
Where the line narrows at the neck of the plane, instead of offering extended arms of right-of-way (as I have been accustomed), men briskly step in front of me with unknown, but unquestioned, authority on…