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...allowing people to cross with the flash of a local identity card. In particular, Senegalese truck drivers and traders have long cut through Gambia to get to the south of their own country, because the ferry route lops more than 500 km off the trip from the capital of Dakar. The shortcut was abruptly closed in mid-August after Gambia doubled ferry charges. "The Gambians just woke up one day and increased the price of crossing," says Kebba Fall, a money changer in the Senegalese border town of Keur Ayib. "It's too expensive. We cannot take it." When Senegalese...
...from the central savanna area. Given Morocco's proximity, couscous is almost as widespread as rice?so are baguettes and Dijon mustard, legacies of French colonial rule. Sample this melting pot at Chez Mimi, tel: (221) 823 9788, or Keur Ndeye, tel: (221) 821 4973, both in the capital, Dakar. But if you want something that's all Senegalese, order the national dish of tieboudienne?a spicy fish and tomato rice?and a round of attaya, which is tea with mint. Served in tiny cups, attaya is a generations-old ritual. Best of all, there's not a scary flavor...
...from the central savanna area. Given Morocco's proximity, couscous is almost as widespread as rice - so are baguettes and Dijon mustard, legacies of French colonial rule. Sample this melting pot at Chez Mimi, tel: (221) 823 9788, or Keur Ndeye, tel: (221) 821 4973, both in the capital, Dakar. But if you want something that's all Senegalese, order the national dish of tieboudienne - a spicy fish and tomato rice - and a round of attaya, which is tea with mint. Served in tiny cups, attaya is a generations-old ritual. Best of all, there's not a scary flavor...
...regional body in an affected region, the African Union (AU) has undertaken this task of repatriating intellectual capital to the continent. In March, the AU organized the first conference of professionals from Africa and the Diaspora in Dakar, Senegal. This gave the development economists, doctors, and lawyers of Africa who are working abroad a chance to influence policy in their continent and thus own it once again. This is by far a more effective way of gaining loyalty than patriotic propaganda. The AU encourages accountability in governments at home as well, giving citizens a sense of ownership for the state...
...Music is important," says local veteran musician Amadou Bagayoko. "Every celebration is an opportunity to party." And what opportunities. La Refuge is just one gem in Bamako's brilliant music scene, which easily rivals that of Dakar, its more famous neighbor. If you're Bamako-bound, you'll find the beat here...