The Wedding (Gambia, Serekunda 2016)

For three days the drummer, the saxophone, the singing wouldn’t stop. The energy was ecstatic. Relatives and friends from everywhere came to celebrate. We would stand in a circle and dance. Sometimes one would jump in the middle of the circle. The drummers  increased the speed and the danced the fastest he could. Accompanied by a cheering audience. 

We celebrated a wedding, but also the end of a 27 years dictatorship. Jaja Yameh, the former dictator, had flee into exile. There were the first democratic elections. Everywhere there was the atmosphere of a new beginning. The hopes for a better future were high. For three days the music wouldn’t stop.  

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