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Meeting the Dossos

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Giovanni Innella

The document summarizes a chance encounter with the Dossos, a group that offers entertainment, sorcery rituals, and mercenary services. The narrator is introduced to the Dossos by a friend and experiences a customized song and dance. They reveal they have provided a sorcery blessing and offer an amulet. The older member shows pictures implying involvement in violence, though they drop the topic at the narrator's lack of interest in mercenary services. The summary highlights the uniqueness and potentially extreme nature of the encounter.

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Meeting the dossos
The dossos offer: ? entertainment ? sorcery rituals ? mercenary services
What attracted you to the service: Fame of Burkinabe’ sorcery
Here it’s the story:
I communicate my will to meet some magician to my local network
Local people tell me that I can’t contact the service provider directly, but they will try to work as intermediaries
After one month, none of the “intermediaries” seem to be able or willing to let me meet the sorcerers, in the meanwhile they keep telling me stories that raise my curiosity and eagerness.
One day, during the independence day, I zip around on the moped with Olle’.
We end up in a “bar” where artists and “unconventional people” happen to meet
By chance the Dossos are there playing some music. Olle’ exclaims: “wow... the Dossos! They are really cool!!!”.
I don’t know anything about the Dossos, I assume they are musicians.
Olle’ introduce me to them. They start singing and dancing at literally 20 cm from my face looking right into my eyes. The song is customized for me, Olle’ does the translation in real time.
Olle’ suggest me to drop some coins into their instruments, that’s how I pay for the entertainment service. Price is up to me.
Only at this point they reveal to me that I’ve been blessed (sorcery service) And if I want they can give me an amulet also. I ask for the price. They tell me a price. It’s not negotiable (thank god).
The older member of the group take his moped and leaves. He has to prepare the amulet for me.
He comes back 30 minutes later with 6-8 rings of different size covered with a black greasy, magic potion.
I can pick the one that fits me. It will serve as protection. There are some rules though: no more eating unborn animals.
I have to do a ritual and repeat some magic words.
I pay. Again.
The older guy has a good opinion of me, so he decides to introduce me their other service.
He shows me some pictures of him with the president of Gambia.
He shows me images of him with the head of an hippo he killed
He shows me images of people they killed in Ivory Coast
They can do mercenary services too, but I’m not too interested of becoming a client. So they drop that proposal and we go back to music- entertainment.
What’s cool: ? you don’t know who they are and what they do, when you find out it’s too late.
What’s cool: ? the way you approach them (through other customers)
What’s cool: ? the custom made service
What’s cool: ? the uniqueness of the experience
What’s NOT cool: ? the experience might be a bit extreme

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Meeting the Dossos

  • 1. Meeting the dossos
  • 2. The dossos offer: ? entertainment ? sorcery rituals ? mercenary services
  • 3. What attracted you to the service: Fame of Burkinabe’ sorcery
  • 5. I communicate my will to meet some magician to my local network
  • 6. Local people tell me that I can’t contact the service provider directly, but they will try to work as intermediaries
  • 7. After one month, none of the “intermediaries” seem to be able or willing to let me meet the sorcerers, in the meanwhile they keep telling me stories that raise my curiosity and eagerness.
  • 8. One day, during the independence day, I zip around on the moped with Olle’.
  • 9. We end up in a “bar” where artists and “unconventional people” happen to meet
  • 10. By chance the Dossos are there playing some music. Olle’ exclaims: “wow... the Dossos! They are really cool!!!”.
  • 11. I don’t know anything about the Dossos, I assume they are musicians.
  • 12. Olle’ introduce me to them. They start singing and dancing at literally 20 cm from my face looking right into my eyes. The song is customized for me, Olle’ does the translation in real time.
  • 13. Olle’ suggest me to drop some coins into their instruments, that’s how I pay for the entertainment service. Price is up to me.
  • 14. Only at this point they reveal to me that I’ve been blessed (sorcery service) And if I want they can give me an amulet also. I ask for the price. They tell me a price. It’s not negotiable (thank god).
  • 15. The older member of the group take his moped and leaves. He has to prepare the amulet for me.
  • 16. He comes back 30 minutes later with 6-8 rings of different size covered with a black greasy, magic potion.
  • 17. I can pick the one that fits me. It will serve as protection. There are some rules though: no more eating unborn animals.
  • 18. I have to do a ritual and repeat some magic words.
  • 20. The older guy has a good opinion of me, so he decides to introduce me their other service.
  • 21. He shows me some pictures of him with the president of Gambia.
  • 22. He shows me images of him with the head of an hippo he killed
  • 23. He shows me images of people they killed in Ivory Coast
  • 24. They can do mercenary services too, but I’m not too interested of becoming a client. So they drop that proposal and we go back to music- entertainment.
  • 25. What’s cool: ? you don’t know who they are and what they do, when you find out it’s too late.
  • 26. What’s cool: ? the way you approach them (through other customers)
  • 27. What’s cool: ? the custom made service
  • 28. What’s cool: ? the uniqueness of the experience
  • 29. What’s NOT cool: ? the experience might be a bit extreme