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FoodSNSenegal
Kolda
SNSenegalUpper CasamanceFilmed
Our base. The town on the Casamance river where every road out of the region begins.
Kolda is not a village but the town every village around it depends on: the hospital, the secondary school, the bus station, the weekly bank queue. Most of our films begin here at six in the morning, in a shared taxi that will not leave until the last seat is sold.
- Coordinates
- 12.883°N · 14.950°W
- Languages spoken
- Pulaar · Mandinka · Wolof
Filmed
Films from Kolda
Stories
Stories from Kolda
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CraftsSNSenegal
A loom, two sons, and a trade with no successor
Ousmane has been weaving for forty-one years. Neither of his sons intends to take over, and he says he understands.
16 August 2026 · 9 min read
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AgricultureSNSenegal
The rice that came back to Casamance
For twenty years the valleys were too salty to plant. Then a group of women started rebuilding the dykes by hand.
9 August 2026 · 12 min read