Which keeper are you?
You are Fatou, the trader
You think in prices, terms and who pays. You have hired other people’s lorries for thirty years and you can tell a bargain from a trap at fifty paces. Hand you a contract and you will read every clause out loud, then ask what it really means.
In Fatou’s words
“That’s yes with its sandals still on.”
Songs of Dust and Water, chapter 10, p. 92
Fatou trades at the market and keeps the accounts, and she has been Kadiatou’s friend for forty years. She first appears in chapter 10.
The other keepers
Kadiatou, the Water-Keeper · Isatou, the keeper of the pot · Mamadou, the elder · Malik, the smith · Aisha, the engineer
