The Bedick speak the
Bedik language[1] and their religion is a
blend between their
animist roots and a more recent
Christian influence. More connected with
Guinea Conakry or
Mali than with Senegal, Bedick people have contact with other ethnic groups like
Bassari and
Serer. Their ancestors are the families Keita and Camera that came from Mali because of the War led by
Alpha Yaye coming from
Fouta Djalon.
Gallery
Bedick ceramic pots in storage.
Bedick hairstyling in Iwol.
Bedick hairstyling in Iwol.
Bedick houses in Iwol.
Image of Iwol.
Bedick village.
Bedick woman, Iwol.
Bedick diviner sacrifices a chicken.
Bedick diviner predicting outcomes by examining the organs of a sacrificed chicken.
Bedick statue from village of Ibel.
Bedick village.
Bedick woman at Iwol.
Large clay pot for brewing alcoholic beverage at Iwol.
"Village chief of Boula Téné, Theodore Mada Keita, holds up the fonio grain
Digitaria exilis that helps feed his family in southern Senegal. Boula Tene is a Bedik village of 200 in the southeast of Senegal, Tambacounda region.