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Women and local crafts in Baba Garage

8/23/2016

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Written by Boubacar Diallo, CorpsAfrica Volunteer in Senegal ​
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Baba Garage is located in the Diourbel region in central Senegal, 120 km east of Dakar and in the department of Bambey. This rural community of about 2000 inhabitants became a town since March 2014 with the introduction of the Act III of decentralization, creating new municipality districts. Baba Garage has 52 villages over an area of ​​156 km² with 53.3% women.
Ndieulbert is a village in the municipality district of Baba Garage. According to legend, it was founded in 1864 by Yacine Diouf Deguène Kafa, son of the famous king of Sine Coumba DIOUF Ndofène.
Etymologically, the name comes Ndieulbert from two Wolof words (NJËLU which means dawn) and (BEER is the name of the old village plant, one that people came to gather at dawn).
  It is in this beautiful village we visited the brave women who do embroidery by hand.
After hours of discussion about their activities, we conducted video interviews in Wolof with Ms. Sai KAMA and Aminata MBOW
 
Interview 1: With Mrs. SAÏ KAMA

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​“ Assalamou alaykoum,
We extend our greetings and thank you so much, Boubacar.
Since your arrival in our village you’re fulfilling your duty, you often visit us and asking us about our needs concerning our activities.
My name is SAÏ Kama, I live in Ndieulbert, I do embroidery by hand using traditional technics and I need support. I have 10 years of experience with this job, and make a variety of things such as bed sheets, clothes for men and women. As for bed sheets I spend from about 7000 to 7500 CFA and sell them for 10000 CFA, with a profit of 2500 to 3000 CFA. My main difficulty is marketing and selling our products, because I sometimes make so many things and just store them here because I have nowhere to sell them. We are soliciting you to help us get sewing materials and sale agents because we are really tired (laughs). Once again, we thank Boubacar and count on you! "
 
Interview 2: With Mrs Ami MBOW
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​“Assalamou alaykoum,
I, Ami MBOW, greet you Boubacar and you, his supervisors who assigned him here in our village, because we know that he comes from very far, Casamance, to support us in our activities. He is a very respectful boy and does his job well, so thank you very much.
We’ve been doing embroidery by hand for 10 years now but commercialization is our primary need. We make dresses, clothes, bed linens, and more. This job is a tradition in my family. We sell large “boubou” at 15000 CFA, dresses at 10000 CFA. We buy the files and sewing needles. Our concern is not having the market where we could sell the fabric that we make, and sellers who would purchase our products. This is why we ask for your help and we thank you very much. "
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Interview by:
Boubacar Biro DIALLO
CorpsAfrica Volunteer/ Sénégal
Baba Garage (Bambey/ Diourbel)
Tel : 00221 77 718 76 47
Email : bbirojallow@gmail.com
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​Version originale en français


Femmes et artisanat local à Baba Garage
L’exemple des femmes de Ndieulbert dans la broderie à la main.

Baba Garage est situé dans la région de Diourbel au centre du Sénégal à 120 km à l’est de Dakar, dans le département de Bambey. Cette communauté rurale d’environ 2000 habitants est devenu commune d’arrondissement depuis le mois de mars 2014 avec l’entré en vigueur de l’acte III de la décentralisation portant la création des nouvelles communes d’arrondissements.
Baba Garage compte  52 villages sur une superficie de 156 km² avec 53.3% de femmes.
Ndieulbert est un village de la commune d’arrondissement de Baba Garage. Selon la légende, il est fondé en 1864 par Yacine Deguène Kafa DIOUF fils du célèbre roi du Sine Coumba Ndofène DIOUF.
Etymologiquement le nom Ndieulbert provient de deux mots wolofs (NJËLU qui signifie aube) et (BEER c’est le nom des plantes du village auparavant dont les populations venaient cueillir dès l’aube).
                       
C’est dans ce magnifique village que nous avons rendu visite  aux braves femmes qui font la broderie à la main.
Après des heures d’échanges et de discussion sur leurs activités, nous avons réalisé des entretiens vidéo en wolof avec Mme Saï KAMA et Mme Aminata MBOW

Entretien 1 : Avec Madame SAÏ KAMA 
      
 « Assalamou alaykoum,
Nous te saluons et te remercions Boubacar,
Depuis que tu es venu dans notre village tu fais ton devoir, tu nous rends visite et demande nos besoins dans le cadre de nos activités.
 Je m’appelle SAÏ Kama, j’habite à Ndieulbert je fais la broderie à la main et j’ai besoin de soutien. Depuis 10ans j’exerce ce métier, je fais des draps de lit, habits d’hommes et de femmes. Pour les draps de lit je dépense environs 7000F à 7500F CFA et nous les vendons à 10000F Cfa, soit un bénéfice de 2500F à 3000f. J’ai des difficultés surtout pour la commercialisation car je confectionne beaucoup de tissus que je garde ici ; je n’ai pas où les vendre. Nous sollicitons de l’aide pour avoir des matériels de coutures et des agents commerciaux parce que vraiment on est fatigué (rire….).
Nous te remercions encore Boubacar et compte beaucoup sur vous. Merci ! »

Entretien 2 : avec Madame Ami MBOW
   
« Assalamou alaykoum,
Moi Ami MBOW je vous salue tous, je salue Boubacar et vous ses responsables qui l’ont affecté ici car il vient de loin très loin (Casamance) pour nous soutenir dans nos activités. C’est un enfant très polit et il fait bien son travail donc nous vous remercions beaucoup.
Nous faisons la broderie à la main depuis 10ans mais la commercialisation est notre principal besoin. Nous faisons des marinières, des robes, des pagnes, des draps de lits. Toute la famille fait se travail. Nous vendons les grands boubous à 15000F, les robes à 10000F CFA. Nous achetons les files à coudre et les aiguilles. Notre préoccupation c’est d’avoir un marché où vendre nos tissus mais aussi des vendeurs. C’est pour cette raison nous sollicitons de l’aide dans ce sens et nous vous remercions infiniment. »
     
Entretien réalisé par :
Boubacar Biro DIALLO
Volontaire CorpsAfrica/ Sénégal
Baba Garage (Bambey/ Diourbel)
Tel : 00221 77 718 76 47
Email : bbirojallow@gmail.com

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