Senegalese go wild for prized 'maad' fruit
Maad has different names and spellings across West Africa, where it is eaten from Ivory Coast to Mali, Guinea and Senegal.
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Maad has different names and spellings across West Africa, where it is eaten from Ivory Coast to Mali, Guinea and Senegal.
Outside a bustling fruit market in Senegal's Dakar region, three trucks are blocking the road while a dozen men sweat to unload the precious cargo.At the Sandika market in Pikine, workers laboured to empty the trucks that had just arrived, sorting the maad according to ripeness.
Outside a bustling fruit market in Senegal's Dakar region, three trucks are blocking the road while a dozen men sweat to unload the precious cargo.
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In the hustle and bustle of a market on the outskirts of Dakar, men unload three 60-tonne trucks that block the roadway long enough to deliver their cargo of maad, a delicate and sought-after fruit.