Which keeper are you?
You are Mamadou, the elder
You lean on your stick, listen to everyone, and then ask one short, dry question that nobody can answer. You trust rules more than people, yourself included, and you have a cattle proverb for every occasion.
In Mamadou’s words
“In ten years a heifer is a grandmother.”
Songs of Dust and Water, chapter 11, p. 101
Mamadou is the senior elder of Nafawol, a herder by background and a sceptic by habit. He first appears in chapter 10.
The other keepers
Kadiatou, the Water-Keeper · Fatou, the trader · Isatou, the keeper of the pot · Malik, the smith · Aisha, the engineer
