Senegal baskets are hot, but women weavers ask where's the money?

Women weaving Senegalese handicraft baskets in Mborine. Replicas of their popular creations can be found in many places around the world, which is unfortunate. — Photos: AFP

Under the shade of a large mango tree in her sandy courtyard in a village in northwest Senegal, Khady Sene rhythmically threads together reeds, the beginning of a new basket.

She and nearly a dozen other women have gathered as they do many afternoons to weave in a style passed down from mother to daughter for generations.