It’s been hard to reach Benoît Fader Keita, aka Beni Fadi, in his small town of Bandafassi, 700 km south of Dakar. The winter rains have taken their toll on his phone, and it’s only when he’s at home with his wife (and the network isn’t acting up) that we can find him, if he’s not off fishing or looking after his animals that is. When we finally get a signal, he’s just come back from a night out catching catfish in the marshes nearby.
Welcome to the Bédik family
Benoit belongs to the Bédik people, Senegal’s smallest and…
