Cherished Memories of Africa — Page 40
32 tennant. There was one shared bath room and toilet; getting to use it tried one’s patience. The room was close to Dakar Garage (the stand for transport to Dakar) on the right of the busy Kaolack - Dakar road. The window opened towards that road and life seemed quite dynamic from there. The vehicle screaming along on the road only helped keeping you awake the whole night. However, after a while the noise and the screams lost their impact. There was a Sona Dis store (government shop for foodstuff) nearby. Its superintendent, Mr Faal was a very good natured person. I went to that store for shopping a few times, chatted with him on different topics and we became fairly good friends. He had an official accommodation, that was quite big with better facilities. Mr Faal offered me the use of his bathroom facility. Thus Allah resolved this problem for me. His courtesy for me and cooperation was exemplary. May Allah reward him abundantly. I had meals with him frequently and I used to render my services to him. The landlord has demolished that house and built a bigger and beautiful house. However, in the heart of my heart that room still exists and no one can demolish it. Electricity Bill for Mauritanian’s Fridge Once I got the room, the problem of residence was resolved, for drinking water I bought an earthen water-pot and that was it. There remained the issue of food. For that, I purchased a small gas cylinder and some essential utensils and started cooking myself in that room. I bought roti from the shop and cooked the curry myself. Cooking curry daily is quite a difficult task for a man as it consumed a lot of time. If I cooked surplus food, it