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Upcountry, Senegal

"Amadou -taxidriver and Baaba Maal's cousin"

Picture by Mark Davies

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Senegal Picture by Mark Davies
Travel story: Upcountry, Senegal

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Out of St. Louis, and finally I feel as though my African trip has begun. I took a sweaty bushtaxi upriver about 200 kms to a small town that had nothing obviously interesting except an enormous chateau on the edge of town. But out of the taxi and heaving my bags around the quiet, dusty streets I immediately encountered a politeness, a sort of familiarity that I had sorely missed so far. People rose and walked some distance to help with directions. I ate a... More

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