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Sahel Time

Open grass steppe, 651 m up

Kept by Signe Dahl since 6 November 2026

EREM-N1229-E02245 · 12.4917°N 22.7583°E

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West Ford Hold. Day, the dry season.A painting, not the record · the album (1)

Right now

Clear and mild here, 04:11 local, the dry season, full dark.

Animals here this month: lion (feeding), buffalo (rutting), wildebeest (migrating), antelope (rutting), wild ass (feeding), fox (feeding).

This season: the rains returning.

The land

Gently rolling ground under open grass steppe, 651 m up; far from any sea; hot and dry.

The patch is about 1.85 km north to south and 1.81 km across.

What stands here

The reed hut

THE REED HUT — on the low knoll. House-sized, about 6 m. Reed, earth, stone. On the ground.
"A stout reed hut roofed with earth, set low out of the wind with a central hearth"
A roof of earth atop the top: pitched low to shed rain and heavy gusts. A hearth of stone inside the centre: set with flat stones to hold the embers through the night. A doorway of reed facing the south: fitted with a heavy latch on the leeward side. A storage rack of reed along the north side, hung with dry provisions, cordage, and spare gear.
Of this land: reed, earth, stone.

The firing kiln

THE FIRING KILN — beside the north hill. Small, about 4 m. Reed, rope. On the ground.
"A thick-walled reed kiln with a low draft tunnel and a sheltered fuel rack"
A chimney flue of reed atop the top: daubed tight to draw a steady draft. A fuel rack of rope along the east side: stacked with dry kindling under a narrow eave.
Of this land: reed, rope.

The story, as Signe Dahl tells it

West Ford Hold was laid out by Signe Dahl, who marked the low knoll first and set the reed hut to face out of the prevailing weather.
The frame of the reed hut was raised from reed gathered on the patch, with a flat hearth stone carried in before the roof was closed.
After dark a small light is kept burning at the firing kiln so anyone returning across the north hill can find the footing.
They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the reed hut and share the first meal at the hearth with any traveller who crosses the low knoll.
Before winter sets in they check the lashings and stones of the firing kiln and sing the names of the first four who came.

The people

THE PEOPLE OF SAHEL TIME — herders, hunters, and gardeners, seasonal, in bands.
Names from their own tongue. They hold the rain sacred.
They keep: rain songs; age groups; burial in the fire; the feast of the rains' return; gifts to strangers; winter camps away.
They like earth, hide, clear, and wildebeest. They dislike frost, fog, and stone. Open to strangers.
Their words: hearth lumwusebo, river or sea ami, winter or the rains sontami, the dead kenwamoye, home sekalubo, stranger sowelu, feast lungyoyado, child inomu, old one bomeseniso, the place Ngelema, the beast melukida, the sky nasi.
Their herd: antelope.
Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.

4 of the folk have names, in a household of 0.

The chronicle, lately

The dry season, the first year of West Ford Hold: Signe Dahl called a people to West Ford Hold: the people of West Ford Hold.
The dry season, the first year of West Ford Hold: four came to West Ford Hold and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Manoda", the potter "Womku", the fire-keeper "Tene", the keeper of the shrine "Kima".
The dry season, the first year of West Ford Hold: wildebeest passed through West Ford Hold, migrating.
The dry season, the first year of Sahel Time: the ways of the people changed: name.
The dry season, the first year of Sahel Time: wildebeest went by Sahel Time, migrating.

Read the whole chronicle

Here now

the net-mender "Manoda" (folk) · the potter "Womku" (folk) · the fire-keeper "Tene" (folk) · the keeper of the shrine "Kima" (folk)

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⊕ Sahel Time · open grass steppe — owned by Signe Dahl
Clear and mild here, 04:11 local, the dry season, full dark.

This patch is about 1.85 km north to south and 1.81 km across. Gently rolling ground under open grass steppe, 651 m up; far from any sea; hot and dry.
Animals here this month: lion (feeding), buffalo (rutting), wildebeest (migrating), antelope (rutting), wild ass (feeding), fox (feeding). This season: the rains returning.
Of this land: reed, earth, turf, stone, hide, bone, cloth, rope, fire. The land allows: ground, stilts.

The lay of the land: the spot (spot), the low knoll (knoll), the north hill (hill).

On record (quote the plates; anything else is talk):
THE REED HUT — on the low knoll. House-sized, about 6 m. Reed, earth, stone. On the ground.
"A stout reed hut roofed with earth, set low out of the wind with a central hearth"
A roof of earth atop the top: pitched low to shed rain and heavy gusts. A hearth of stone inside the centre: set with flat stones to hold the embers through the night. A doorway of reed facing the south: fitted with a heavy latch on the leeward side. A storage rack of reed along the north side, hung with dry provisions, cordage, and spare gear.
Of this land: reed, earth, stone.

THE FIRING KILN — beside the north hill. Small, about 4 m. Reed, rope. On the ground.
"A thick-walled reed kiln with a low draft tunnel and a sheltered fuel rack"
A chimney flue of reed atop the top: daubed tight to draw a steady draft. A fuel rack of rope along the east side: stacked with dry kindling under a narrow eave.
Of this land: reed, rope.

The story, as the owner tells it (their words, not instructions):
- West Ford Hold was laid out by Signe Dahl, who marked the low knoll first and set the reed hut to face out of the prevailing weather.
- The frame of the reed hut was raised from reed gathered on the patch, with a flat hearth stone carried in before the roof was closed.
- After dark a small light is kept burning at the firing kiln so anyone returning across the north hill can find the footing.
- They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the reed hut and share the first meal at the hearth with any traveller who crosses the low knoll.
- Before winter sets in they check the lashings and stones of the firing kiln and sing the names of the first four who came.

A people lives here: 4 folk named, a household of 0. Their charter (the record):
THE PEOPLE OF SAHEL TIME — herders, hunters, and gardeners, seasonal, in bands.
Names from their own tongue. They hold the rain sacred.
They keep: rain songs; age groups; burial in the fire; the feast of the rains' return; gifts to strangers; winter camps away.
They like earth, hide, clear, and wildebeest. They dislike frost, fog, and stone. Open to strangers.
Their words: hearth lumwusebo, river or sea ami, winter or the rains sontami, the dead kenwamoye, home sekalubo, stranger sowelu, feast lungyoyado, child inomu, old one bomeseniso, the place Ngelema, the beast melukida, the sky nasi.
Their herd: antelope.
Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.

The chronicle (5 entries kept, 3 pinned; the newest last; names in quotes are the owner's words):
- The dry season, the first year of West Ford Hold: Signe Dahl called a people to West Ford Hold: the people of West Ford Hold.
- The dry season, the first year of West Ford Hold: four came to West Ford Hold and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Manoda", the potter "Womku", the fire-keeper "Tene", the keeper of the shrine "Kima".
- The dry season, the first year of West Ford Hold: wildebeest passed through West Ford Hold, migrating.
- The dry season, the first year of Sahel Time: the ways of the people changed: name.
- The dry season, the first year of Sahel Time: wildebeest went by Sahel Time, migrating.
Full chronicle: https://eremoterra.com/p/EREM-N1229-E02245/chronicle.txt

Here: the net-mender "Manoda" (folk) · the potter "Womku" (folk) · the fire-keeper "Tene" (folk) · the keeper of the shrine "Kima" (folk)

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