We touched base with Diallo and she shared with us photos of her recent trip to Senegal.
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"I took most of these photos in Kolda, Dakar, Ngor Island and Saint Louis du Senegal," she says. "Every year, I go back to see my family and spend a lot of time to just be present and forget about the time. It's a different way of living."
"People are sharing, they're caring and have a different understanding of of time than that of the Western world," she adds. "Even so, Dakar is becoming a very busy city for work—so Saint Louis is a timeless place where the young and old know how to share space and care for each other."
We totally see where Diallo is coming from based on the images she captured of kids living their best lives at the beach, family meals and glimpses of everyday life. This perspective is needed as we constantly see glamorized images of traveling to the continent.
Take a look at a selection of images from her travels around Senegal below.
Artist Abdoulay Diallo at his studio in Ngor Island.
The beach at Ngor Island.
A collage of archived photographs from the French colonization era in Cameroon, Mali and Congo.
Kids playing at Saint Louis du Senegal.
Kids playing at the river in Saint Louis du Senegal.
The Kankourang ritual in Kolda City.
Artist Meissa Fall at his studio in Saint Louis.
My cousin cooking thieboudienne in Saint Louis.
An old woman on the street in Saint Louis.
Peuls on my way to Saint Louis.
I stumbled on this poster inside a hair salon in Kolda City.
