Kingfisher, Toubacouta delta.

 

 

 

Interesting fishing in Toubacota...AM

 

 

 

Hornbills! I think? Djilor, Senegal. birthplace of the poet Leopold Senghor.

 

 

 

Current working well on Sippo Island, Senegal

 

 

 

Swimming on Sippo Island

 

 

 

Sippo Island, Toubacouta Delta, Senegal

 

 

 

This is the Queen on Sippo Island, a community of 170 people of mixed Seereer and Mandinka ethnicity. She is 87 years old and an only child---thus the rare queen.

She greeted all of us with a kiss on both cheeks. She is usually tasked with resolving small disputes. Her other job is as mid-wife on the island---she's delivered hundreds of babies. Her son will become the King when she dies.