Learned what that literally means when 2hs later, I got my sweet baobab juice and my plate of thiebou dienne at the SENEGALESE restaurant in MADRID! 
Pole pole (slowly slowly) lesson for the in-a-hurry foreigners like me 
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[Photo courtesy of Iara Lee.]
Photo courtesy of Iara Lee.
Photo courtesy of Iara Lee.
Photo courtesy of Iara Lee.
Photo courtesy of Iara Lee.