Lamentation and disappointment.

After being packed it a few years ago by The footprint fox Malian Moussa Konaté, had a great desire to return to the banks of the Niger, especially as he is not about to travel there for True, in these troubled times.
Alas, the curse of the manatee was a real disappointment.
After the subtle investigation in Dogon country, we find the commissioner will investigate Habib near Bamako on murder in the tribe Bozo, fishermen of the river.
The atmosphere nicely naive, simple and natural is found that is somewhat the hallmark of African tales. Especially since Konate intends us to share some myths and secrets of Bozo culture is embodied in the title of the legend that will serve to frame the story.
A shared ethnicity between Islam and animism ...

[...] Mali is a very complex country. There is not that the Dogon. Bozo are equally strange. You noticed that he was side by side limam and soothsayer, that is to say lislam lanimisme and without it bothers anyone? On the contrary, it seems quite natural that their Mon caters to Allah and the other spirits.
[...] On one side, they argue that this is Allah who blasted the Kouata chef and his wife, of the other they present their apologies to the manatee Maa, a water deity.

But this time the magic does not really operates: the plot is sewn with white thread of the author shows too didactic, too explanatory and are not found subtle innuendo that made the trip to the salt Dogon country.
Konate tightens ourselves legend bozo half-brothers and Dogon which had been discovered in the previous episode!
(It seems that the manatee was written before the Fox, but their appearance in France would be reversed, which may explain the better control of the second, which is our first).
For those who love the Niger River.