Upon arriving Henris family were so nice and opened up their home for me. His 4 year old nephew Razak is a doll. His sister took me around town on her motorcylce and showed me some of the beatiful crafts of the area. The bronze work, batik and sculpture are very impressive. While visiting the artisinal center I noticed they were making bags for the 17th annual conference for the African Union against Tuberculosis and Respiratory diseases. I thought it would be a great opportunity to attend.
That afternoon the rains came very hard while we were at the center and we were trapped for a few hours under the monsoonlike rains. Luckily, we were next door to a vendor of instruments and I received a few hours of training on an instrument called the kambè lè ngonni. Its a pentatonic string instrument similar to a banjo with a bass feel to it. Super nice.
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