Chambre authentique chez Mame Diarra — Médina
Your host, Moussa
I have run a fabric shop on Île Nord for twenty-two years: bazin, wax, lace. The flat above was my mother's; I kept it as it was, with the wooden gallery over the street. I know every tailor in the quarter and the best fishmonger in Guet Ndar. Ask me before you buy anything.
- The dish I cook best
- Le thiéboudieune rouge, celui de Saint-Louis, avec le riz cassé et les légumes entiers. C'est ici qu'il est né, on ne va pas se mentir.
- My favourite corner of the neighbourhood
- Le pont Faidherbe à dix-huit heures trente, du côté aval. Tout le monde s'y arrête et personne ne l'avoue.
- What teranga means to me
- Recevoir quelqu'un comme si sa mère allait passer vérifier. Draps propres, eau fraîche, et on demande des nouvelles avant de parler d'argent.
- What I always recommend
- Traversez à Guet Ndar tôt le matin quand les pirogues rentrent, puis revenez déjeuner sur l'île. Et gardez une journée pour le Djoudj entre décembre et mars.
- The language we speak at home
- Wolof à la maison, français à la boutique, et l'anglais que j'ai appris avec les clients du festival de jazz.
Fan-cooled room in a Médina family compound, shared Senegalese meals on request.
House rules
Vie de famille : respect des horaires.
Médina, Dakar
A grid of numbered streets laid out in 1914, the Tilène market, the Grand Mosque, and sabar drums in the street on naming-ceremony nights.
- Families
- Nightlife
The property is somewhere in this area
Getting there
From AIBD: 45 km, 50 min to 1 h 15 on the motorway, exiting at Plateau or Colobane. From the Plateau: 2 km, 15 min on foot along avenue Blaise Diagne, 5-15 min by taxi for 1,000-1,500 CFA. The BRT stops at Petersen on the edge of the district, and minibuses run along all the main avenues. The port and the Gorée ferry terminal are 20 min on foot, the HLM market 15 min by taxi. If you drive, come in by the avenues rather than the numbered lanes: those are often taken up by a workshop, a family gathering or a ceremony.
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Approximate location : Médina, Dakar.