For a few days during the time Fatou was gone, Neene's knees hurt too much for her to do any work around the compound. This left Amadou doing the men's work and the women's work, including the cooking. Surprisingly, he cooks a really good peanut sauce, and I was a little sad when cooking duty returned to Neene. Which may or may not have been in partly due to the following conversation that took place between Amadou and his uncle Kairaba:
Kairaba: What are you doing?
Amadou: I’m cooking.
Kairaba: You are cooking attaya?
Amadou: I am cooking lunch.
Kairaba: Hah! Today you are Fatoumata!
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