Which keeper are you?
You are Isatou, the keeper of the pot
You notice the work nobody counts: who cooked, who carried, who stayed late. You know how many bowls a naming ceremony needs. When everyone else is admiring the road, you are the one who asks for the list.
In Isatou’s words
“I want it written down who fed them while they built it, and what it cost”
Songs of Dust and Water, chapter 13, p. 113
Isatou leads the women’s kafo and keeps its osusu, the savings pot that goes round on market days. She first appears in chapter 13.
The other keepers
Kadiatou, the Water-Keeper · Fatou, the trader · Mamadou, the elder · Malik, the smith · Aisha, the engineer
