Senegal

Simon is the most westerly shell collector in continental Africa. Photo taken from inside a house on Pointe des Almadies.

Fishing boats anchored at the village of Yoff, very close to Dakar.

Colourfully painted boats are lined up on the beach at Yoff.

Horses and carts wait to transport the day’s catch at Yoff.

Simon is flanked by two shell vendors in Mbour.

Many people are required to move the larger fishing boats at Mbour.

A boat comes ashore at Mbour, loaded down with fish.

The large building is the new fish market at Mbour, which is a major fishing hub.

Most Senegalese are reluctant to have their photographs taken. These two Mbour fishermen are exceptions.

Simon views freshly-caught shells under a lean-to in Ndayane.

Large Cymbium are an important food source for the Senegalese. Empty shells are discarded in huge ‘dumps’ on the beach, like this one at Ndayane, along with Hexaplex and other mollusc shells.

Carpenters complete their work on a new fishing boat in Rufisque. The town’s French name betrays the colonial past.

A diver in Ngaparou displays a large living lobster.

A baobab tree, between Ndayane and Toubab-Dialaw.

Horses and carts await the return of the fishing fleet at Bargny-Gouddau.

Living Hexaplex duplex are for sale on the beach in Hann Bel-Air. They are gathered in huge quantities for food. Most are juveniles.

A sample of opercula from Hexaplex duplex, in Hann Bel-Air.