 Okay, 2019 is the year. It's the year that we, as Africans, are telling our own story to the world. And we are telling our own story in our own way. I am here at the beautiful Gory Island. Look how beautiful this place is man. But hey, we are promoting Africa, we are promoting African arts, African culture, and also African history. So I've seen something interesting that I would love to share with you guys. So come with me. Salam. Nagandev. Don't go too far. That's all I know. Yeah, my name is Maya. What are you doing, bro? I'm drawing. You're drawing? It looks like an African map. Is this an African map? This is an African map. Wow. Two faces. Two faces. The man and the woman here. Wow, a man and a woman. Is it a sun? Is it a sun? It's a sun here. It's a sun. It's a natural sun here. Wow, and what are you using? The glue from the Baba tree. Glue from the tree? The Baba tree, but it makes you the Arabic girl. Wow, I would love to know how you start all these things from the beginning to finish. Okay. Would you love to teach us? The Niko-Riko did now? Yeah, because people have to know, because I've never seen something like this before. This is my first time seeing somebody drawing with sand, you know. And looking behind me, this really looks beautiful. And I would love to know how you start from the beginning to the end. Wow. Wow. See, another one too. That's an African map. Wow. This is Ardis. Wow. This is Ardis. Wow. This is really beautiful. Okay, then welcome to you first of all. Thank you. And here we're working with natural sand from Senegal. Here in countries around like Mali, Mauritanian Gambia. Then you can take movies and we have you first for this white one from the beach of Sali. Sali beach in Mour about each two kilometers from Dhaka. And this is from the Sahel. We call it the Sahel sand. This is northern part of Senegal, way to Mauritanian. The tannery desert in Mali, Niger. Okay, this one we call it the red line. And this yellow one from Lompul. Lompul desert about 182 kilometers from Dhaka. And from this island, okay, the Gora Island sand. Gora Island? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Okay. We got also the iron mine in Gelb. Okay, from Mauritanian in Zwera. The iron mine. This green one from the Sint-Salem Islands, the mangrove sand. This is the sand part of Senegal, way to Gambia. Have you heard about the pink lake? Yeah, I was there yesterday. Lac Rose about 45 kilometers from Dhaka. Yeah. And this is the beach of Capscreen. Capscreen beach in Kazamas area. This is a thousand part of Senegal. What is so special about all this sand that you're using? Why not get sand from Gora Island and just use it for whatever you need? Because it's so different. This is not to clean, to use like the beaches like this. Okay. Okay. Then this black one from the Mamel volcano. The volcano sand where you have the big monument of Renaissance near our old Epo. Yeah. Okay. And it all used 16 different colors of sand. 16. Yeah. 16 or 16. Yeah, 16. 16 different colors. And that's glue we're using here. The soap from the Baba tree. The glue of the Baba, but mixed with Arabic gum. Okay. Then Arabic gum comes from a tree called Echesia tree. And now he's drawing first with that glue. Then after you're going to put the sand on it to shadow it. Wow. Then you'll start with from the darkest colors to the lighters to shadow it. Okay. Then now you can take a movie here this way. And he's almost finished. Then this is the most important part how you put the sand on the glue. Then all the way from the darkest colors to the lighters. The lighters. Okay. Oppositely to the normal painting. And this technique comes from the School of Fine Art for Dakar. Yeah. Okay. And that School of Fine Art was made by our first president, Mr. Leopold Seda Sengo. Then he made it to promote African art. Okay. So we are here to promote African art. Exactly, yeah. Okay. Then he finished it already with the lighters one. Okay. Now he's like cooking. You're putting the ingredients, salt, tomatoes. Onion. Exactly. And the final result. You ready? Oh, wow. Very cool. So which is the most important part is the glue? Exactly. The most important part is how he put the sand on the glue. How he shadow it. Wow. But he has to draw this one first, right? Exactly. He has to draw first with the glue and put the sand on it. Then he will start with from the darkest to the lighters colors. Okay. And you guys see this? This is super beautiful. You just have to let the world know that things like this do exist in Africa, man. So what you're doing, you just have to share the video, man. Wow. This is beautiful. Correct. Okay. But I love what he's doing because it looks like an African map. Yeah, it's an African map. Then now we have to put it under the sand to dry it. To dry it. Like this, okay, 10, 15 minutes. Then we'll pick it back and finish it finally. Okay, then all the pictures you see here were made by that same way. Like this. Wow, the same way. Okay. So he can show them around. Okay, and one more time it's dry. This is the final result. The final result. And here you can take the final result. Wow. Then it doesn't come off. It doesn't come off? Okay. Can I fill it? Yep. Then even it's forced down. Oh my goodness. You can even fire it else with it. See, you cannot see anything. Yeah. Then even it's forced down like this. Okay. What? It doesn't move out. So it just... No, maybe let me try it because I don't trust it. Okay. Okay. Take this one. You know, I can't trade it. I don't trust it. Really? Wow. Okay. So we just don't put it in water? You don't put it in water? Yeah, yeah. To save it. So how much does it cost? If someone want to buy some... This acts like this. How much does it cost? One. Okay. So we're selling the here by size. This small one for 5,000. The 5,000... 5,000 CFA. Okay. Okay. Like $10. Okay. He... The mediums here for $10,000, like $20. $60. Okay. The long rows for $7,500. Okay. Like $15 in the big one for $20,000, like $40. $40. Okay. This is a live one. Then they can be dedicated, Gori in the day of today. Put the name, customize. Okay. Never again. Yeah. I want you guys to see the never again. This is slave trade, all right? Never again. It's not supposed to happen again. But anyway, thank you so much. What's your name? Is there any way someone can contact you so that people can come in here, whenever they come in here or they want to purchase one of this, they can contact you to get it? Should I use your number or your Instagram? Yeah. My name is Sadibu. Sadibu. Then you can get my number if you want. Okay. All right. Thank you so much. You're welcome. I hope you guys enjoy this amazing episode. It's all about Africa to the world. Telling our own stories. Letting the world know that things like this do exist on the motherland. It's your boy Mr. Ghana, baby. And I'm out. Peace out.