This Senegalese Life

The mangoes in Salémata aren’t quite ripe yet, but last week Katie O. and I walked over to the Bassari village of Ethiolo, where the mangoe...

During Pre-Service Training (PST) the Peace Corps Trainees (PCTs) get to go on a Volunteer Visit (VV) to see the villages where they'll...

There haven't been many big holidays lately, but in January there was the Grand  Magal, when many members of the Mouride brotherhood ma...

This is the view of the main cooking/eating/lounging area of the Souaré compound. My hut is off to the right. I spend a lot of time sitting ...

So. I have been living in Salémata for almost three weeks now, and things are going pretty well. I have one host father, three host mothers,...

In no particular order, here are a few of the things I have learned so far: 1. I've been told that the giant, scorpion-looking spider ...

Today I'm going to go into the market to finish buying things for installation at my site. Peace Corps gives us an installation allowanc...