A Visit to Bakassouck

A visit to Bakassouck 22 – 27 March 2012 For some time I have wanted to visit Bakassouck, the remote island in Casamance (southern Senegal), where Lamin, my husband, grew up. Lots of his family still live there, but the journey is long and difficult, so it hasn’t been possible to go until now. To

Bakassouck Youths Association Bee Project

Sunday 4 March 2012 Today I attended a meeting of the Bakassouck Youth’s Association (Gambia Chapter), invited by Lamin’s brother Numo. This is a self-organised group of young people whose families come from Bakassouck, an island in Casamance, Southern Senegal, where many of them grew up. They meet monthly for a number of purposes, but