2023-09-27 02:54:09
21 years after the sinking of the Joola, a boat linking Dakar and Casamance and a tragedy considered the African Titanic, still evokes painful memories among the Senegalese.
Painter Bala Djene says:
“What pain and sadness, seeing hundreds of souls fly away like this in the blink of an eye, we often blame destiny but we must see that there is the hand of man too …”
Our interlocutor reveals that the Joola came with apparent design flaws:
“I remember that when the Joola was handed over, journalists and ministers borrowed it for Casamance.
Some journalists had reported failings but they suffered harsh criticism and were labeled as political instruments but the ministers refused to make the return trip by the Joola.
It was on her second voyage that the shipwreck occurred. »
The announcement of the sinking was made at 11 p.m., rescuers flew to the aid of the shipwrecked and saved some:
“I knew a woman who was pregnant at the time of the incident, her son’s name is Joola, she was used to sailing and sometimes took her father’s canoe alone, when it sank she swam a good distance before being killed. help… “
Tkillah Tounkara
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