One evening a Tuareg/Fulani man named Moussa stopped by our house playing a traditional "hoddu." This instrument has only three strings and is similar to a banjo in the way that it is strung. They have a carved wooden back with some sort of hide covering the front. The neck is a fretless smooth tree branch with leather string used to keep the appropriate string tension.
After about an hour of negotiation in Fulfulde we came to an agreement on a price of 22,500 cfa ($48), which includes two one-hour lessons, and two small leather Tuareg boxes for the kids! As you can imagine, we are rejoycing that the dollar is a bit higher this week!
On other fronts, both Jenna and Gus continue to make good use of our pool. Jenna is now regularly swimming in the deep end of the pool all by herself, and Gus has become much more comfortable in the water using his innertube.
We have talked to some of you about how the recent influx of small motorcycle scooters have made driving in Bamako complete chaos. So we were shocked to see problems with circulation have spilled over into the tricycle lane at Gus' preschool!
Stay tuned.... we will be traveling down river to the market town of Segou this weekend!
Randy, Stacy, Jenna, and Gus
1 comment:
That photo of Randy is the fantastic. Blog gold!
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