Madame Bin-Bin October 24th 2005 Yesterday, I went over to N’Gor Island (readers from last year, you may remember this as the island facing opposite our house - inhabited by weekenders, vacationers, and a few wealthy eccentrics, and quite popular among Rastafarians and less purposeful potheads, and the younger abstaining Senegalese crowd who can rent rooms by the hour. winkwink.).
I went with 2 american friends, both of whom ... read more
Africa » Senegal » Cape Verde Peninsula » Dakar Independent from France in 1960, Senegal joined with The Gambia to form the nominal confederation of Senegambia in 1982. However, the envisaged integration of the two countries was never carried out, and the union was dissolved in 1989. Despite peace... ... read more
making a documentary about the role of musicians in the crisis in Mali and the Sahel:
www.sahelcalling.com
facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sahel-Calling-A-catalyst-film-for-action-in-Mali-the-Sahel/323785747716676?ref=hl
would like to unite some of us bloggers around this!
also figuring out how to put my pen to good use...
and figuring out how to live in berlin and dakar at the same time, with a whiff of brooklyn...
and trying to slow the pace at which my world is webbed...let us not forget how close we are...tug tug.
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