Collection: Secrets of the Casamance (Senegal)
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In the rain season (winter) I go with my clients to plant rice with the Diola Casa women of Oussouye. Along the way we pass Sibilumbaye (at the photograph, wearing his red cap and his tunic, also red). He is the king of the Diola Casa of Oussouye. The people in the village cultivate their land following our tradition. In exchange, the king has his obligations with us. It is not a monarchy like the European. Sibilumbaye or “the one from whom animals come” did not become king through a hereditary way. He was chosen by the dignitary council of the village. From him it is expected to be fair and to intercede for the good of the village in his prayers to divinity. He does not work the land. He lives in the holy forest and deals with the most powerful fetish, establishes justice with his small broom and resolves conflicts arisen among neighbours. There are no prisons and no police. He is a respected man.
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