Photojournal: Distant Beats: Tradition and Change in Senegal

Gold acted as a magnet to the Europeans and exploration was encouraged fed by rumors of tremendous wealth found south of the Sahara desert. [...] the south blowing harmattan winds from the Sahara create dust and sand conditions that periodically limit visibility and affect people's health. [...] when influential people like Massamba return home and also choose to remain in the country, they bring with them the latest of the outside world.