Senegal

Sautin farko na yawon buɗe ido na Senegal, ba raƙuman ruwa ba ne, ko lasifikar filin jirgin sama, amma sautin ƙwallon da ke bugun bango. Mota daga filin jirgin sama na Blaise Diagne zuwa Dakar, gefen hanya akwai bishiyar baobab da allunan talla da iska ta fasa; bayan shiga birni, iskar teku ba zato ba tsammani ta yi gishiri, zirga-zirga ma ba zato ba tsammani ta rasa iyaka. Motocin haya, karusan doki, babura, masu sayarwa, da masu tafiya kamar wasa ne babu alkalin wasa, kowa yana neman hanyarsa, amma ba safai suke yin karo da gaske ba. Da maraice a bakin teku na Yoff, yara suna sanya silifas biyu su zama ƙofar ƙwallo, suna bugawa a kan yashi mai danshi har duhu. Babu ciyawar roba, babu rigunan wasa, tsohuwar ƙwallo ce kawai da ƙungiyar yara maza suna ihu har murya ta karye. A wannan lokacin na fahimta, abin da ake kira ƙwallon ƙafa + yawon buɗe ido, a Senegal ba 'kallon wasa ɗaya yayin tafiya' ba ne, shiga ƙasa ce ta hanyar ƙwallo ɗaya.

Ƙwallon ƙafa na titin Dakar yana da sauri, kamar numfashin wannan birni. Ƙwallon yana mirgina ta gefen keken sayar da kofi, ta gefen ƙafar dattijo mai gyara tarun kifi, idan ya mirgina zuwa tsakiyar hanya, direba zai ɗan buga ƙaho, yaro ya dawo da ƙwallon, wasan ya ci gaba. Wani yana sanye da lamba 10 ta Mané, wani yana sanye da koren rigar ƙungiyar ƙasa ta Koulibaly, wasu kuma babu takalmi. Ka tambaye su wa suka fi so, amsar kusan ba za a yi kuskure ba: Mané. Wannan suna a Dakar ba tauraro ba ne, kamar kalmar sirri ce ta kowa. Wani mai sayar da riguna ya gaya mini, Mané ya fito daga Bambali a kudu, daga baya ya zo makarantar Génération Foot ta Dakar, sa'an nan Faransa, Austria, Southampton, Liverpool, "amma bai manta da gida ba." Ya faɗi wannan jimla yayin da yake miƙe rigar sosai, kamar yana nuna tutar ƙasa.