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Dramane Oumar Samaké is 12 years old. He lives in Sogoniko, which means "the
brook where the antelope comes to drink", in the south-eastern part of
Mali’s capital, Bamako. His father teaches English in the High School, and his mother
has just trained as a teacher too. Dramane has a sister, Amadou, who is 11, and a
three-year-old brother, Fatoumata. Dramane is doing well at school. He is also learning
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| "My
nickname is Joe d’Anton. Joe is a cartoon character, the shortest and cleverest in a
group of prisoners, and seems to be their leader, so I’m quite proud of the nickname
my friends have given me. "There are two rooms in my home. My mum, dad,
and little sister sleep in one, and I sleep in the other with my younger brother and
another boy who sometimes stays. Eight households share our compound: five families and
three single men.
"I sleep on a mattress on the floor. Usually I have my own mattress, but at
the moment I’m sharing with my brother because we have a visitor staying. On
schooldays, I get up at around seven o’clock, but at weekends at around eight. I
don’t like wasting time in bed: if you spend all your time in bed, how are you going
to make any money?"
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