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Around Dakar

A collection of random moments in Dakar. We’re about to leave for Mali, but wanted to post these to give a flavour of this football-obsessed city.

My ball!No, you don’t understand — it’s my ball!
Children watch a game of table footballChildren watch a game of table football
Beach football is everywhereBeach football is everywhere
The sun sets on The Ball's time in SenegalThe sun sets on The Ball’s time in Senegal

Next up, The Ball heads onwards to Mali for adventures on the southern edge of the Sahara.

Written by on Thursday, March 11th, 2010

3 comments on this post

  1. Great blog post guys.
    My memory of Senegal is there are plenty of table football matches going on everywhere. Perhaps we should have made table football-sized replicas of The Ball to give out too?

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