Nora, Washing My Shirt

Trying to get settled in Bamako

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September 21st 2008
We’ve been in Bamako for two days, but it has seemed much longer for all of the activity. That’s even taking into account the fact that we slept for half of the first day. Anyway, because our flight from Casablanca was three hours late to leave, we got to Bamako right around 6:30 am. We were greeted by a weary albeit vigilant man, who collected all of our things and filled out our passport inf ... read more

Africa » Mali

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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