Title:	Bodywork: Dress as Cultural Tool
Authors:	Janet, Andrewes Mahamadou Diallo Mahamadou Diallo
Keywords:	Diola (African people)—Clothing—Senegal—Casamance River Valley
Issue Date:	2004
Publisher:	Brill
Description:	Oussouye is a small market town in the west of the Basse Casamance,1 the region that forms the south western border of Senegal and that distinguishes itself from the rest of the country by its abundant rainfall and by its lush green vegetation. The daily market is only one of the reasons for the bustling character of the place. People come here from the surrounding villages not only to buy food and household necessities but also to visit the hospital, to make applications or depositions at the local administrative offices, to visit relations or friends at the prison, to attend the church or the mosque, or to visit the marabout.2 Stroll around by the market place for an hour or two and you can hardly fail to come across Gouho Diatta, who owns the small village inn, the Auberge du Routard, hurrying along on his scooter dressed only in an ancient pair of shorts, Monsieur Ndaye the tailor, splendid in a light blue damask robe, yellow pointed shoes on his feet and a little white crocheted bonnet on his head, and Benedict Lambal, the mayor of the town, neat as ever in a clean cotton shirt and well pressed trousers.
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/9446
ISBN:	90-04-14107-3
Appears in Collections:	African Studies

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