Beneath a Baobab: Stories from Sénégal

Reasons I love Senegal

The following are small elements of daily life that make me happy:
1) boutiques every 50 feet that sell everything you could possibly want or need
2) the call to prayer 5 times a day
3) the Muslim brotherhoods that chant Allah's name for hours on end
4) the men in the park outside Baobab center that sell cafe touba by the cup and make their batiques
5) fresh bread for breakfast and dinner
6) buying the fresh bread and doing it completely in Wolof
7) women roasting and selling peanuts, or slices of watermellon, along the street for 25CFA (5 cents)
8) hole-in-the-wall restaurants that only offer the plat-du-jour and it costs less than 500CFA
9) the tradition of making and drinking attaaya (tea)
10) the sound of the djembe
11) dancing under African skies
12) walking everywhere
13) the close bonds between people and families
14) the goats and sheep tied to every tree
15) the beautiful clothing
16) talking in French and making complete sentences in Wolof
17) to be continued... it is a growing list that will never be complete.

posted by Hannah Gelder @ 5:15 PM