It is again authorized to make music, songs and dances in the liquor companies under a decree of the Governor of Dakar from 20 March. Activities that had been suspended for several months to combat the spread of coronavirus.
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The state of health disaster in Dakar and Thiès had already ended on Friday 19 March at midnight, with the majority of Covid-19 cases concentrated. Senegal has passed the 1,000-related death mark and 37,833 positive cases of the coronavirus pandemic.
The tables at this Corniche des Almadies restaurant in Dakar are all busy. Some customers dance to the notes of the group installed in front of the sea.
Anida came with some friends to enjoy a Sunday afternoon with music. “It’s pure happiness! The proof when it reopens, we go out, his fate, we go out, we had missed it so much! It warms the heart. But it is certain that it will not last. Because the disease is still present. But we have to live. ”
This resumption of cultural activities reassures Myriam Lopes, co-owner of the restaurant. “We lost some customers, which we found very quickly when we resumed concerts. We were influenced as restaurateurs by the financial part that we are relieved. We all want to resume a somewhat normal life. ”
It was Orchestra Baobab’s first concert in several months. A relief for one of its members, Thierno Koité. “We are musicians, fathers of families. To be able to support ourselves, it was really time we started playing. It was really very difficult, but we could still hold on. From time to time we do rehearsals, we started making models for the next album. ”
If concerts resume in Senegal, international tours are still uncertain in the coming months.
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