This book is a unique kind of drumming: a traditional drum solo, moving from one pattern to another, returning to the beginning, and then departing again—this time in a different direction. A jazz musical weave, where the pattern flows naturally and isn't tied to chronology or specific dates. Simply points of contact—with time, with place, with people, friendships, and acquaintances that fate has given me. This book is more like the notes or diaries of a drummer who, thanks to his fate and profession, has the opportunity to travel to different countries.

The book's form is stories. For myself, I divided them into five parts: about the country we lived in, about Griot, about friends, about travel, and about what has happened in recent years. A collection of stories, of which each of us has many. Nothing subtracted, nothing added. My perspective on time and friends. A huge chunk of my time...