Tuesday, June 7, 2016
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.
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