Senegal River
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I cross Guinea, Mali, Mauritania and finally Senegal. I am the thread of life between these countries of the Sahel and a precious resource for the food and energy security of the populations who count on me. What’s more, I am a factor of peace in this region, although climate change exhausts me.
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I, THE SENEGAL RIVER
I, the Senegal River – by Baaba Maal, Senegalese singer and songwriter
” I’m not a border, I’m a link, a ribbon of silt. “
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THE ARTIST
“You only have to listen to the noise the river makes, its movements, it has its own song.”
Ablaye Cissoko, composer, singer and kora player
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THE EXPERT
“This noise that the river makes, I hear it with great pleasure. Let’s say it reminds me that I’m useful at doing something.”
Amada Chéibani Aw, a technician at Diama dam.
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