This Senegalese Life

Over the summer I finally put up some crintin woven fencing and turned the little space between my hut and my host mom Mariama's ...

There are a lot of huts in various states of disrepair around. In other parts of the country you'll see mostly apartment buildings...

A couple weeks ago my neighbor Katie had a birthday and since she'd been traveling a lot recently decided to have a party out in villa...

Rainy season has begun in earnest, and that means long, damp afternoons spent in my hut, making tea, listening to podcasts, writing letters...