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A cementary with the bodies of sailors who died

Fadiouth is on the island of shells, on the coast south of Dakar senegalense. You can come from the town of Joal, by bus and then walking. It is a flat island covered with shells, up to the cemetery. The cemetery is on a little hill 10 meters high . The roads are covered with shells, which break when stepped on. Fishermen throw more shells on the roads, so it does not become sand. We spent time looking at the graves, the names of people from the French colonization of the area and the Evangelization of Peoples, Nicolas Diouf, Marie Dieye. While Senegal has more than 90% of Muslims, here they are Catholic.

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