Bamako.

Bamako.

Loïc’s family waiting Awa’s nephew to go Bamako’s downtown.

Loïc’s family waiting Awa’s nephew to go Bamako’s downtown.

Colonial manor house in Segou.

Colonial manor house in Segou.

Loïc, during the bus driver break somewhere between Bamako and Segou.

Loïc, during the bus driver break somewhere between Bamako and Segou.

At "The Blue Door", the table where Loïc and Cecile met, but they were not supposed to be here.

At "The Blue Door", the table where Loïc and Cecile met, but they were not supposed to be here.

Cécile in Aruna’s taxi.

Cécile in Aruna’s taxi.

Waiting for guest at Segou City Hall.

Waiting for guest at Segou City Hall.

Loïc, Bamako.

Loïc, Bamako.

Poultry slaugtherhouse, Segou.

Poultry slaugtherhouse, Segou.

At "The Wild Goose" a Bamako suburb brothel.

At "The Wild Goose" a Bamako suburb brothel.

Loïc and his brother, 167th street, departure day.

Loïc and his brother, 167th street, departure day.

Carima (Loïc's mother), Bamako-Senou Airport.

Carima (Loïc's mother), Bamako-Senou Airport.

Loïc & Cécile

In 2008, Loïc left Paris for Mali. Dropped in Segou, he stays at his step mother’s home. Four years later, a home sweet home and some adventures, he married Cecile. He is planning to live there despite the difficulties, inherent or transient. On this occasion, Carima (his mother), Hervé (his father), Hadrien (his older brother) and Awa (his step mother) went to see him. It was the occasion to see Loïc again, to met Cecile and Segou for the first time for some, again for others.

It was the same about Bamako, the Segou former colonial neighbourhood, the blue door, the Angouleme neighbourhood behind the Cheick Modibo Diarra school, bus crossing at 60 miles per hour on dusty road, getting out of the bus red of sand because you were sweating like hell, hearing mothers and grandmothers praying in the bus for a safe arrival, the Tamasheqs, gas sold in one liter glass bottle on the side of the road, eating aloko, sleeping at « The Wild Goose » a brothel hold by a former chinese common law prisonner because all cheap hotel were full at that time of the night…

But mostly for Loïc and Cecile.

2012