Kigali City Tour 2018

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Yagoua - Maga: en attendant la route...

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  Ce jour-là, nous allâmes à Maga au pas de course, rendre visite à ma chère tante. C’était le premier jour de l’année 2022, un jour férié sur l’ensemble du territoire national. Bouba et Liba, deux habitués de l’axe Yagoua-Maga, nous encouragèrent à effectuer le trajet. -Il y aura moins de tracasseries en chemin, dit Bouba. Aujourd’hui, c’est la « bonané ». Ils ne sortent pas en grand nombre. « Ils », ce sont les policiers et gendarmes qui travaillent sur cet axe routier situé à la lisière du fleuve Logone. - Ok, il vaut mieux en profiter et revenir à temps, dis-je. - En tout cas, c’est mieux aujourd’hui, renchérit Liba, sinon, ils vont nous déranger à chaque poste de contrôle.  Ce qui évidemment ralentirait le voyage et nous empêcherait de rentrer à temps.  Sans plus tarder, nous primes la décision de partir. Les derniers réglages effectués : vérification de l’état des engins, pièces personnelles d’identification, pièces des motocyclettes en bon état, on se dirigea vers le marché péri
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One afternoon with the Massa people

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The Massa who are often called « Banana » live on the flood plains bordering the middle course of the Logone River about 155 miles south of N’Djamena. In the 70’s, there were about 75 000 Massa in Cameroon and about 50 000 in the Republic of Chad. More recent statistics released by The Joshua project give an estmate of about 488 000 accross the world. Joyful moments The Masa build their enclosures on land above the flood line and keep their cattle near their huts only during dry season. In rural areas, they live by farming, fishing and raising livestock. They have a balanced diet, which is rare in the center of the savanna. The principal agricultural product is quick-growing red sorghum, which is grown on level ground during the rainy season. Millet, sorghum requiring transplanting peanuts, rice, beans and peas are subsidiary products. Fishing is carried on all year round in the Logone and its tributaries. When the floods subside, the men organize fishing expeditions in th
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BOOK REVIEW: Irene Gaouda’s « The Enticing Legend of the Massa Warriors »

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By Douglas ACHINGALE  When I first set eyes on a copy of "The Enticing Legend of the Massa Warriors", I thought the author had employed the word “enticing” simply to pull a fast one on the reader. But I was mistaken. Once I started perusing the work, I noticed that the lines were so luscious as to warrant me to get the very last page before I could drop it.  The first thing that glues the reader to the book is not so much the alluring front cover page picture of a female warrior on horseback as the epilogue which is a quote from one of the works of Africa’s all-time best storyteller, Chinua Achebe . It reads: “ I believe in the complexity of human story, and that there’s no way you can telle that story in one way and say, “this is “. Always there will be someone who can tell it differently depending on where they are standing… this is the way the world’s stories should be told: from many different perspectives ”. Douglas Achingale, right, during the book lunch.
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