Fridays are days in Dkr to celebrate our African heritage
I look forward to friday when men look so sexy If I can say so wink wink with their ganilla bazin outfits probably ironed by their wives mothers sisters or maids
Women look so elegant with their high heels and accessories …
Fridays are also the days when men go to the Mosk to praise Allah collectively …
Fridays in Dkr I love:)
Yaye
So much fun, ohhh I loved the play, it was abt a family of Lebanese imigrants who reside in Ivory Coast, abt the question of identity that these people sometimes go through, do they still belong to Liban or to this new land who welcomed them..mm the play didnt really answer totally because its hard to answer it completely….
There is a huge Lebanese community here in Dkr and in Ivory Coast aparently , the new generation hasnt for the most part been to Liban, they only know it through the words of their parents and have established themselves in africa..
At the same time its hard for them to define themselves as africans so who are they is the question they face? the play was full of great characters full in colors, the public was generous, I def’ recomend it
I think that they are supposed to play one more time tonite at Daniel Sorano if you are in town def’ go see it..
The clip bellow is with my 2 fav’ characters, enjoy:)
Yaye
Thai..Thai so glad there’s a nice thai resto in Dkr…
I missed my 19th street NY resto..but this one does it for me as well:)
Part of my fam’ Tapha, Ibou,Henriette and new friend Ntombi who’s visiting from South Africa enjoyed ourselves over Obama, Michelle and Slumdog Millionaire talk…
The prices are decent, the food is actually quite good, I had the thai curry shrimp white rice dish…only thing is u know I got keep it real w/yall management wasn’t too on the friendly side…customer service , customer service..ahh dakar…lol but not really ..lol
Ohh one last thing their caramalized banana dessert is off the hizzy, loved it:)
Thai it was…..
Yaye:)
Going to the tailor is always a pleasure for a woman…Feeling like the tailor has given u his undivided attention, that he’ll do a great job with ur orders is always a nice moment..:)
Histoire de chiffon…go figure ladies:)
Yaye
My cousine Anna was getting married, I was blessed to be in attendance it was moving to see a sister of mine getting married, trop contente many great things for the Kone’s in the future Inch’Allah:)
On pic number one as it’s tradition in our land, Ana is making her entrance as a married woman to her guests at the hand of the chosen aunty on that day by the family who serves as her “mother” that day, you cant hear it but griots were at that moment singing her praise and the ones of her family, its very moving and at that point you see how marriage is deep, she was so moved and so beautiful as a woman during that single moment, I’ll always remenber it:)
Mouna and Astou both repped beautifully, one wearing a design straight from Bamako in the orange bazin, and the other one in a beige and creamy lin fabric…:)
My girl Mouna was in town visiting from BK , laughters, deep convs, the usual thats we do when we get togetha ma go tout simplement:)
Dior and I gave you a tour of the Toukouleur one of my fav’ restos in Dkr via the following video even if I had to go fulani crazy on the owner and the waiters who kept interupting our diner trying to rush us, I dont get upset often but I just had to give it to them, other than that love the food, the decor and the quietness of the place:)
Voila c’etait tout!
Yaye…
Salty, blue water de L’Ifan de Dakar
So from now on Ill make short videos of Dakar, show a bit around for those who dont know, and for those who know the city and who may wonder if it has changed much:)
Yaye
Dont know but I sure did drink so much ‘ngalakh’
Anywhoo fun sunday , hanged out with Rica and her family, in the noche hanged out with my regular friends, bumped into a little brotha of mine as in one of younger brothas Alpha’s best friend Babs (in the red)
Ok Easter it was then:)
Yaye
We all as a group needed a change of scenary and decided to take the weekend and regroup in Sally, I hadn’t been in a long time so I was looking forward to tranquility and laziness, and I got kinda both because we ended up doing a lot of fun things.
We did some quad in the village with for backgroud the sacred baobaps, it was very dusty so we looked clowns afterwards.
If you are visiting Dakar I def’ suggest taking a weekend to visit that part of Senegal almost 2 hours from Dakar, there are a lot hotels ect, the beach, and activities to do…
I liked the feel of the town, def’ somewhere I can see myself living 🙂
Yaye
How to hit 3 artists in one evening,follow me and u’ll know
I’ve had the chance to see Njaaya last year with Farafina Musso and to me her swagger made her shine among the group, it seems like she was holding back to let the other shine…after her solo at the CCF I can def say that she was…this pretty lean senegalese bout de chou de femme she’s little but dont let that fool you she has a voice to her, things to say she’s all woman..I loved her entrance, I loved that Sigil dressed her in this beautiful black mermaidish dress and that she was at the guitar, such a courageous artist in a Senegal where most female artists do the standard “mbalakh” listening to her I heard acoustic, I heard jazz I even heard shades of country, she talked “social living” she talked “love” she talked life she talked abt maids conditions in senegalese homes…What a breath of fresh air…I wish her continued success, she reminds of a young India Arie, a young Angelique, a young Lauryn, and I love it .. any artist who’s free enough to be themselves has my respect, diadeuf Njaaya:)
Timshell Band , I just heard their name via the press but never listened to their conscious reggae sound, their messages are of praise to the Lord, of social awakening, they had a lot of their fans present who were singing back to them and def enjoying the show… Bon of course there were the smoking, and a bit of joyous crazy celebration from the parts of some fans which kinda …ok I’ll admit was a turnoff because I just wanted to listen to the music I dont mind the showing love part but when it’s a bit unrully it just aint my type..but I liked their music and will give it another tr via cd or tape lol
Kaysha Kaysha, my man Im a big Kaysha fan so I had to go see him, plus I’ve never seen him live…He’s quite a charmer and had so many female fans there, he sang some of my fav’ and introduced us to others some I liked some I didnt overall it was good to see him live…
So that’s it 3 African artists in one night:)
Yaye
How are you all? Sorry I’ve kinda disapeared..had problems with my camera..the Baba Mal experience went down this evening at the CCF..
Why did I go see him? Because he’s a legendary artist..I’ve seen him live in Central Park years agoooo..and so I wanted to rediscover him..
As usual my foreigners were in the CCF lol …locals are never really interested in what the CCF has to offer..unfortunately..
Mr Maal started on time actually , looking dapper in his white boubou and his gorgeous face and his little dreads..i loved seeing these old school cats with their tradional african guitars, their raw voices …reminding us of our heritage and history..reminding us that no matter what tribe we are from we need to “live” it and be about it…
Gradually the Baba Maal crew brought fire, the dancers came on stage, the drummers came through..yes the second part was fiyaa..
His young dancers were on fiya and gave us all they got, couple of people of Peul descant went on stage proudly to pay their respect to Mr Maal…it was def a fun show….He’s a very generous artist, who doesnt get anoyed with people taking countless pics of him..*me included..
I enjoyed myself greatly, would def’ encourage you to go see him if you get the chance…
Yaye
Dakar ...Creating life memories..:) 