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The Bedicks are an African minority ethnic group. They live basically in three villages in the most isolated area of eastern Senegal. Iwol and Bandafassi are two of their small towns. Living in their mud and ball made huts and growing cotton, peanuts and millet, they are far removed from the world of cars, electricity and running water. More connected with Guinea Conakry or Mali than with Senegal, Bedick people have contact with other ethnic groups like Bassari and Serer. They speak the Bedick language and their religion is a mixture between their animist roots and the Christian influence. Their ancestors are the families Keita and Camera that came from Mali because of the War led by Alpha Yaye coming from Fouta Djalion.
