Month: June 2009

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Yaye

Friday Slam ..Dakar..Point E!

It was abt time we had these type of events organized in Dakar, my friends and I decided to give it atry and boy was it a good time

Under the organization of Diofel  Mouanga we were treated to an evening of words, testimonies, songs and laughter

The atmospere was very welcoming, the staff at the Point E restaurant quite discreet and quick, while we opened our souls to these lyricists we enjoyed some great dibi and fries…

One of our friends Serge surprised us on stage delivering his truth, Moona a hip hop head paid homage to her dady who passed away, a young man talked for the people of the streets of dkr, aicha and stella sang their hearts out..and I took in all these talents..oh and let me not forget Aime a Gabonese acoustic singer and his beautiful voice

I shall post a video..but what a good time

Hope to see you there:)

Yaye

La verdure in Goree Island..I go there quite often and often recognized by its residents lol…but hum each time it’s just like discovering it over and over again…

That girl again…:)

Miss Dior scaring me..I was afraid she may fall a couple of times ..love the contrast of her pink sarong against the pitoresque feel of Goree

Jewelry table..the jewelry ladies were busy running after potential customers..they work hard:)

Miss Rama , Dior’s youngest sista and her lovely smile::)

One of the jewelry lady busy at work

I loved her dress …but wasn’t quick enough lol

Nice way to end this post..cute little Gorrean boy:)

Yaye

Massadia Adiatou a choreographer and dancer from Ivory Coast shared with his doubts, the sadeness over the loss of his mother, his artistic journey through his solo piece “1for 300”

After leaving the artisit groupe Kiyi Mbock he founded his own dance company called la Compagnie N’Soleh..

I didn’ t understand everything he tried to convey but I was facinated by the way his body moved, his strength, and his artistic courage to share his story , at times it felt as if he was alone and none of us were present:)

As usual I recorded a bit of the event so you guys can see it!

Friday tradionally yours with miss Ada:)

Yaye

I hadn’t been to Bandjul since I was little girl..I only have memories of running around the kitchen of my ‘badjene’ ..

As you’ve noticed on this blog I’ve been trying to travel within my country or around it and I figured why not travel  to Gambia?

So Bandjul here I was this past weekend

I travelled by bus which I don’t think I’ll do in the future because the roads are very bad, for exple on my way back we got stopped by immigration at least 3 times …and each time we had to get of the bus ect.., on the other hand the drivers didnt leave on time ect..

The cool thing is that during my journey I saw kids in rural areas walking miles and miles to get to school, each town that we passed by: from Mbour, Kaolack, Saloum I was astounished at the number of children that were walking long distances to get from school to their villages..waouh I’ll never forget that:)

Bandjul is a clean and nice little town, I visited Fadiara and Bakau as well, Gambians seem to be living under the tight control of their president..Each last saturday of the month Gambians are to clean their neighberhood so from 9AM-1PM they can’t drive their cars otherwise they’ll get arrested on those days…

I stayed with my lovely aunt, uncle and cousin Muntaga who showed me ard kindly,this weekend was also the occasion for me to catch up with my very good high school friend  Amy who now resides with her little fam’ in Gambia..She spoiled the hell out of me btw restaurants dates ect and just plain good hanging out with her beautiful children..by the way if you ever are in Bandjul try the Gaya Cafe and the Mandarin Restaurant..we enjoyed both places 🙂

Djarama sista you were an amazing host, shall be waiting for u in dkr:)

If you wanna kick it at nite as I did with my cousins try the Old School Club, quite nice , reggae tunes , mballakh ect..

On the – side, pastries suck in Bandjul sorry lol I just had to admit it

They also have a crafts store in the Senegambia area, the touristic area where you can find little restaurants, hotels, ect…

Nice trip:)

Yaye