Plat du Jour: Capitaine zoum zoum

Capitaine zoum zoum (FCFA3,900/EUR5.95), Omelette de pomme de terre (FCFA1,800/EUR2.75), Riz Blanc (FCFA700/EUR1.10) Dish: Capitaine Fish in tomato sauce, Omelette potato and plain rice Venue: Restaurant Bol de Jade (Vietnamese Restaurant) Location: Quartier de fleuve, (next to DHL Courier’s office) Bamako mamadou 

Timbuktu, the architecture

Grand Mosque, Djenne.   The Great Mosque of Djenné and Sankoré Mosque with its accompanying mosque buildings in Timbuktu are the most famous examples of the Sudano-Sahelian architecture style.  The obvious difference between the two mosque is Grand Mosque Djenne consists of number of minarets but Sankore Mosque only have two minarets, one for Imam [...]

Special Landscape in Bamako

Almost everyday as I was crossing through the bridge of King Abdul Aziz Fahd in Bamako, I could not avoid to notices the special landscape at beneath and surrounding the bridge near Hotel Azalai Salam.  Yes I am talking about special landscape. The understanding and interepretation of landscape for a lay man always refer to [...]

Timbuktu and the travellers

Timbuktu‘s long-lasting contribution to Islamic and world civilization is scholarship. By the fourteenth century, important books were written and copied in Timbuktu, establishing the city as the centre of a significant written tradition in Africa. Timbuktu grew to great wealth because of its key role in trans-Saharan trade in gold, ivory, slaves, salt and other [...]