Bagaya belongs to the rural community of Balinghore in the arrondissement of Tendouck.

The village consists of quarters, a group of about 20 houses scattered in the bush.

Many people are fleeing to the major cities of Senegal because of the lack of schools and employment.

There are daily power cuts of 1 to 3 hours duration; frequently between 19:00 and 23:00, possibly also during noon.

The people are aware of good hygiene and medical treatment but traditional medicine and superstition is still practiced a lot.

Most families produce rice, peanuts, mangos, cashew nuts, millet, maniok, oil palm of coconut for private or local consumption.

During the 80's the Senegalese Government approved an integrated project for the Tendouck region.

Since 1989, Bagaya is twinned with Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle, that support multiple projects like: the school, the medical center, the maternity, the rice peeling machine, the mill, fresh water distribution, textile coloring, the Foyer des Jeunes.

The vegetable yard is an integrated rural development project supported by the NGOs ASRADEC, USAID and NCOS (Belgium) for the villages of Bagaya, Dianki [fr], and Kartiack [fr] to stimulate agricultural activities like cultivation, education and product commercialization.

A project with a canoe did not succeed because the transport over the road has moved forward a lot during the last years.

A minivan can transport 10 people, but for the canoe, 50 passengers are required to pay the fuel and other costs.

In Affiniam a dam was built in 1988 in collaboration with China as a barrier to keep the salt sea water from spoiling the fields, and to be able to irrigate.

During folk festivals (Journées culturelles) people are dancing around mythological masked figures like the Samay, the Kumpo, and the Niasse.