For all of you who are waiting *anxiously* for my next post, I must say that it is unlikely to come for a while! I am traveling Europe and internet is fairly unreliable, plus I don’t have to much time to write! In any case, my dad is writing his own blog, so it seems … More Follow the link

This was our last week of the program, officially ending on May 12. On Monday, Ashlee and I went to get our papers printed. Luckily, Ousmane had told us about how cheap printing was on campus so we went to UCAD and got a cheap price (1900 CFA for 32 pages and binding, as opposed … More Mbour and Farewells

Le Dernier Weekend Friday night, Farah invited Julia, Ashlee, and I to go to the Theatre National Daniel SORANO to see the “ballet”. I was picturing ballet tights and point shoes, but it ended up being more of a show than a dance performance. Farah was able to get up free tickets because she had … More Le Dernier Weekend!

The other day we saw a woman on a Car Rapide that was completely covered. I’m talking legs, arms, hands (gloves), hair, and face; she was wearing a head covering with a mesh slit for vision. It was the most covered woman I’ve seen here yet, and it is not very common. A few days … More Les Petites Histoires

Les Xamb et des Rab Tuesday I stayed home most of the day to work and ate lunch there; just trying to milk the free food as much as possible. Then I went to SIT for about an hour to check internet and then I was off to see my adviser again in another attempt … More Xamb bi ak Rab yi