Brick á L’Algerienne
Brick ā L’Algerienne (FCFA2,000/EUR3.05), Cafe au lait FCFA700/EUR1.07), Jus de tamarin (Nako) (FCFA500/EUR0.76)
Dish: Brick of Algerienne – eggs, minced meat, tuna and potatoes, bread, fresh coriander, mixed salad
Venue: Restaurant Au Royaume des Gourmands
Location: Avenue Modibo Keita, Bamako
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A monument is a statue, building, or other edifice created to commemorate a person or important event. They are frequently used to improve the appearance of a city or location. Monuments are also often designed to convey historical or political information. They can be used to reinforce the primacy of contemporary political power, they can be used to educate the populace about important events or figures from the past.
Monument of Independence – The Sudanese Republic and Senegal became independent of France in 1960 as the Mali Federation on 20th June 1960. Following the withdrawal of Senegal from the federation in August 1960, the Sudanese Republic became the independent nation of Mali on 22nd September 1960
Almost every corners and roundabouts in Bamako is endowed with some kind of statue, and in the past few years, one new monument after another has been unveiled. Bamako’s startling arrays of monuments are impressive and useful. These monuments celebrate past historical events (e.g., Hommage aux Martyrs, Monument à l’Indépendance), national “heroes” (e.g., Mémorial Modibo Keita, Monument à Abdoul Karim Camara @ Cabral), symbols of traditional culture (crocodile, hippopotamus), and some national key values (e.g., the obelisk that celebrates the peaceful coexistence between different ethnic groups, or the monument dedicated to Kwame Nkrumah that reaffirms Mali’s continuing support of pan-African values)
Monument of Peace – Monument to remember the peace agreement signed with the Touareg on 6 January 1991
With these monumental art, the Malian has become more directly involved in the formation of a collective memory, and by so doing has often been perceived as aiming to undermine the monopoly on state memory held by the griots – a semi-endogamous professional group of bards and praise singers.
One of monument in Kati, Jumelage Kati Poteaux
Conversations with a number of Malian people from different walks of life and educational backgrounds led me to realise that the monumental art is an extremely controversial issue. Some criticise what they consider useless expenditures given people’s overwhelming poverty. Others take sincere pride in the beautification of the city and in the new images that Mali can offer to visitors. Noteworthy is the fact that the monuments have been quickly incorporated in one of the main family rituals, marriage. On certain days one may easily find numerous wedding parties swinging by a favourite monument to take some pictures with which to remember the day.
Hommage aux Martyrs – Between January and March 1991, riots demonstrations and strikes by groups of students leds to social and political unstable. Hundreds of students were arrested and killed
On 26 March 1991 a coup d’etat under the leadership of Colonel Amadou Toumani Touré put an end to Mousa Traoré’s era. During the fourteen-month period of interim rule that followed, Touré and his Comité transitoire de salut du peuple (CTSP) took a number of important steps toward developing a democratic state, such the organization of a national conference to discuss and organize the transition to democracy, and the coordination of the first multiparty elections (1992). In January 1992 a new constitution was adopted, which marked the beginning of Mali’s Third Republic.
Tower of Africa, stands 46m high, rising above the smog over the OAU Boulevard that leads south out of the Bamako city. This tower of African Unity, it is meant to be a giant baobab, with its tall, cylindrical shape and bulbous swelling at the top.
In 25th May 1963 as the Organization of African Unity (OAU), predecessor of the African Union (AU), was born in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. African Union is very significant because it expresses the desire for integration of states in the continent.
This is part one of 4 series about monument in Bamako
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Road from Bamako to Sikasso. Travel to Sikasso take about 5 hours
Sikasso is the southern-most region of Mali. Sikasso is the 3rd largest city and the capital city of the region. Sikasso is located 374 km from Bamako, 105 km from the Ivory Coast, and 45 km of Burkina Faso. Located in the south, it borders three countries: Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Guinea Conakry. The wettest area in Mali with a humid climate and an average annual temperature of 27°C
Cotton, vegetables and fruits are major agriculture products of Sikasso. The villager plucking mangoes.
Traditional village in Sikasso. Wood is used as source of fuel especially for cooking.
Wood also source of income. The villagers sells its
Sikasso is divided into 7 cercles:
· Bougouni
· Kolondieba
· Kadiolo
· Koutiala
· Sikasso
· Yanfolila
· Yorosso
Missirikoro Cave
A man find solace here and perfoms religious rituals
The city of Sikasso is known for a vibrant outdoor market which features fabrics, numerous vegetables and fruits especially mangoes, for which Sikasso is particularly renowned. Sikasso is an ethnic and linguistic melting pot featuring people from outlying villages and neighbouring countries
A view from the top of Missirikoro Cave
Traditional village at Missirikoro
The southwest corner of the Sikasso region is traditionally known as Wassoulou. This area is known for its unique music and strong tradition of hunting. The main city of Wassoulou is Yanfolila. Other major cities in Sikasso region include Bougouni, a junction town en route to the capital of Mali; and Koutiala, in the northern Sikasso region, which is the hub of Mali’s highly productive cotton industry, which produces one of the country’s exports products.
Agriculture livestock, gold mining at Morila, Siama and Kalana and trans-border transport are the other main economic activities.
As city of cultural, Sikasso houses mask dances, the festival of triangular balafon, the manifestations, traditional music and expressions of Wassoulou. Famous Malian female singer Oumou Sangaré is from here and named her owned hotel in Bamako after her birth place Wassoulou
Le Tata
Tea plantation at Farako. Tea grows under the shade of mango trees
‘Thé Farako’ originates from here
Farako Waterfall
Lower level of Farako waterfall
New housing area in Sikasso
Tomb of Tiéba Traore. King of Kenedougou 1866-1893
Remnants of ‘Le Tata’ and minaret of modern mosque at the background
3. Yanfolla (270 km from Sikasso) includes a museum of hunting and forest providing opportunities for ecotourism and tourism game (lions, antelopes, monkeys, wild boars etc)
4. Sélingué (168 km from Sikasso) is an eco-tourism area with its fishing villages and Hydroelectric Dam
‘Le Mamelon’
View from ‘Le Mamelon’. Evening market in Sikasso city, showing a houseware made from some fruit (I forgot its name). The fruit’s content and its seed were removed and then dried under the sun
Historic mural of Tiéba Traore and Babemba Traore at the foothill of Mamelon
Evening market in Sikasso city
6. Farako Village (28 km from Sikasso). Its waterfalls flow on a bed rock. Its strong tea, hectares of tea plantation under the shades of mangoes trees. There is also a processing plant tea.
7. Missirikoro Caves (12km from Sikasso): these rock hills about 80 meters high, is a place of worship and contemplation for different religions
8. Tintrike de Zoha. The place that you view remains of catfish and carp embedded in the rock.
Going back to Bamako from Sikasso
On my journey back to Bamako, I captured this view of traditional village, somewhere in Sikasso
9. Le Mamelon. Located on the top of lateritic hill, in the centre of the Sikasso city. At the hill top, King Tiéba built the palace, where he received his guests. Today the place is used as observation tower and gives a panoramic view of the Sikasso city.
10. The Palace of Kélétigui Korouma Berthé. The remains of palace built by Chief Army of King Tiéba then King Babemba that resemble of the Djenné architectural style.
11. Le Tata: This impressive wall that surrounded the town was built under King Tiéba Traore. Today remains a testimony to its past
Roadside food stalls. We stop during the journey back to Bamako to buy cold drinks, American Cola not Coca-cola
I saw something interesting. Fish catching fiesta during dry season
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