This Senegalese Life

My host family, the Souarés, are wonderful. At the beginning of each month I give my host father and mothers a modest cash contribution, to...

I don't know what these things are called, but I call them mud wasps for obvious reasons, event though I'm pretty sure they're ...

I wear things here that I just wouldn't wear in America, (unless I was at summer camp , where I once wore a vividly teal full-body rain...

So. Malaria. Basically, a person gets  malaria  from the bite of a mosquito infected with  Plasmodium  parasites . The parasites get int...

So, a lot of people in America are into yoga these days, and Bikram Yoga , where people do all that stretching and posing and whatnot in a...

When it comes to living in Senegal there are hard parts (e.g. the heat, the awful transport cars, the skinny skinny babies, the pockets of ...

Buckets are such a big part of my life here. I've really come to appreciate a good, sturdy bucket, especially one with a nice lid. Her...