At the top of ____ slave island

... just after we inadvertently caused a boy to get flogged by his father and pissed off a woman for appearing to take her photo while doing no such thing (ugh! give me a Malian any day over a Senegalese person from Dakar!)

I love you, Bamako... when I'm not busy hating you

April 21st 2009
Two and a half weeks removed from Senegal, I admit feeling rather disinclined to document our vacation there. Not that it was not a great time. The weather was terrific (about 20 degrees cooler than here), the nearly deserted beaches of Popenguine and Toubab Dialaw were fabulous, and even the pushy vendors of Dakar could not detract from its cosmopolitan flair. But something about returning to noi ... read more

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The Sudanese Republic and Senegal became independent of France in 1960 as the Mali Federation. When Senegal withdrew after only a few months, what formerly made up the Sudanese Republic was renamed Mali. Rule by dictatorship was brought to a close in... ... read more

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