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Developments:
According to Pa Mane, a local furniture maker, most young Gambians dream of meeting a white partner, who will either take them back to the comfort of his or her country or set them up in a compound or with a business in Gambia. Thousands of young people therefore flock to the tourist resorts to "find their luck". Not Pa though: he has worked in Senegal and Guinea-Bissau, but his goal is to stay in Kartong and become a farmer, growing and selling mangoes, cassava and groundnuts. His father left him a plot of land on the outskirts of the village, and he plans to clear it and make it ready for cultivation before the rainy season. Married with a young son, he wants another boy and a girl to complete his family. Unlike many here, he has no desire for more wives. "Too expensive," he says.
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