At the far end of Petite Côte, a expand of shore in Senegal, lies a sleepy fishing town called Joal-Fadiouth. Joal can be found on the landmass, while Fadiouth, connected by a narrow 400-meter wood made feet bridge, can be found on a tropical build entirely of seashells. For more than a century its inhabitants have been growing molluscs, sweeping the various meats out and using the vacant shells to make their little island. The seashells have gathered over many years and organised together by the origins of mangroves, reeds and massive baobabs. Plenty of vacant shells lie everywhere, on roads and building facades and on ornaments marketed by road hawkers.
Fadiouth is known mainly for its graveyard, which is also created of shells. The citizens of Fadiouth Isle are mostly Christian, but they also have a significant Islamic inhabitants, and the close-knit group takes tremendous pleasure in an environment of religious tolerance.
Fadiouth
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