Dramane
Oumar Samaké, age 13, student in Bamako city
"My
real dream is to be a soldier, but if I can’t be a soldier I think I’d like to
be an accountant working in the Civil Service. I would have to study very hard to enter
the army when I’m 18. It is not easy to get into the army because you have to sit a
special exam and most of the time it’s the well-off kids who get selected. So I think
I probably have more chance of becoming an accountant than a soldier. I could train to be
an accountant without paying any bribes."
"For me the year 2000 means a big change, like turning over a new page, and
that is very important and exciting. I don’t really know what the year 2000 is
celebrating, but my friends say it is Jesus Christ’s anniversary."
