Erica left behind at least fifty copies of a publication called Dressage Today, some of which are now gracing the tables in bar of Djenne Djenno, snuggling up to relatively recent copies of the New Yorker and Madame Figaro, and giving Djenne Djenno hotel guests invaluable insights in matters such as ‘correct leg aids’. It would be a good idea, perhaps, to have some more easily digested magazines for a broader market available, so dear future visitor, could we please have some Hello magazines, or Vogues too, in whatever language? I need not tell you that this is Darkest Africa, and the only possible place in Mali for acquiring magazines is Bamako a day’s journey away.