The Joola, however, was something of a standard-issue ferry inconspicuously constructed in a German shipyard.
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Ten years ago this week the MV Joola, a passenger ferry, sank off the coast of Senegal.
The Joola sank in the 21st century, when such grand scale maritime disasters are entirely preventable .
The Joola, by contrast, was filled beyond capacity with poor West African laborers.
Our correspondent says there is another reason why the Senegalese authorities were under pressure to allow the Joola to resume service.
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Kuffour said he would draw strength from the experience of Senegal captain Aliou Cisse at Birmingham City, who lost 14 relatives in the Joola ferry disaster last year.
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For most people, the Joola has faded into tragic obscurity.
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