"Present from Banjul ferry terminal?"

I’m sitting in the gelle waiting for it to board the ferry (but first the ferry needs to arrive and then people will need to disembark) when a lady approaches, trying to sell me beaded jewellery, or maybe a wrap-skirt? She speaks Wolof and assumes I can speak Wolof too. I nod and smile and shake my head no as assorted goods are held up for my inspection.

She also speaks English, and sometimes she decides to do this.

But she does not decide to go away.

I do not want to tell her the goods are ugly, and she wouldn’t believe I don’t have money, so I tell her I’ve already got bracelets and point to my wrists.

Yes, but don’t I want a “present from Banjul ferry terminal?”