It's a street in the suburb of Dakar - Senegal (West Africa) called Thiaroye -Gare where people are friendly, lively and very sharing as in many parts of Africa.
Years back, it is said that a great man, gifted with a rare entrepreneurial talent, came from the Republic of Guinea (Conakry), established in that area, and started an unknown business in those times: catching selling birds.
Then,one day, in the sixtees (?), grag father Jàllo got an unexpected visit from the first lady after Independence, Mrs Colette Senghor (wife of Senegal's f
irst and late President and poet, the grea
t Leopold Sedar Senghor, "the Universal") to buy some birds. The beautiful car of the french borne lady now a senegalese citizen, got stuck in the sandy road leading to grand father Jàllo's suburban home.
irst and late President and poet, the grea
t Leopold Sedar Senghor, "the Universal") to buy some birds. The beautiful car of the french borne lady now a senegalese citizen, got stuck in the sandy road leading to grand father Jàllo's suburban home. This incident, luckily turned out to be a good one for the people of Thiaroye Gare and even those leaving further away. In the same year, a "macadam"road was built which until now bares the Wolof (a local language, widely spoken in Senegal, a little in Mauritania and a bit more in the Gambia) name of "Tali Jàllo",-Jàllo's Road- after the name of the famous and successful bird seller who, years ago, has chosen to live there .
Photos by Daour Wade, storyteller, writer & filmmaker
copyright: Daour wade/dec.2007
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