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Senegal #5 – Senegal
Nicholas Bassetti
2019-04-15
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Read MoreFalling In Love
Maddi McGirr
2019-04-15
If you asked me where I’d thought I’d be in a year before Senegal you’d never have heard “in love” yet here I am. I fell in love with my mismatch family who’s relations I never fully figured out. I fell in love with my students who took me in with such enthusiasm and understanding....
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Senegal #4 – Initiative for Peace Senegal 2019
Nicholas Bassetti
2019-04-15
[image: IMG_20190309_111049.jpg] [image: IMG_20190309_121634.jpg] [image: IMG_20190309_121520.jpg] [image: IMG_20190309_121449.jpg] [image: IMG_20190309_121615.jpg] [image: IMG_20190309_121706.jpg] [image: IMG_20190309_121657.jpg] [image: IMG_20190310_150603.jpg] *Final Community Project Here is more information on IFP, such as: where it started, goals, etc. www.uwcsea.edu.sg/IfP IFP was under the “HundrED 2018 Global List of Inspiring Innovations”, take a look: hundred.org/en/articles/hundred-2018-global-list-of-inspiring-innovations More information about IFP on the HundrED...
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Senegal #3 – Gorée
Nicholas Bassetti
2019-04-15
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Senegal #2 – Seokhaye
Nicholas Bassetti
2019-04-15
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Chess: A Wolof Epic Tale
Alexander Taylor
2019-04-11
When I was four years old, I remember watching my parents play chess in the evenings. They would prop me on a chair next to the table with some toys, but I would be watching them play. Watching them deliberately move their pieces, capture pieces, and eventually yell, “Check” or “Checkmate.” I remember my mom...
Read MoreSenegalese women that change the world.
Salome-Valdivieso
2019-03-31
These are the following brief descriptions of women that had made me see the world in a different way. Women with their love and passion had brought back to me the energies to fight towards a more feminist world. This list goes far from these 10 women because there are many others. Also, their descriptions...
Read MoreHow I Did Not Have the Senegalese Experience
Marta Shcharbakova
2019-03-29
14.01.2019 Once, I was sitting with my family across my house by the fruit stand. It was the day I got my braids done. We were just chilling and talking as usual, and my sisters were playing with my new hair. Soon, a passenger stopped by next to us and greeted everyone. He was trying...
Read MoreCan You Hear How Many Stars Are Out Tonight
Isabel Clarkin
2019-03-27
Something I’m going to miss when I go home is tilting my head up to look at the stars each night when I brush my teeth. I think in a way it feels like my most quiet, independent moment. This one particular night, I decided to record it. The stars were so bright, that I...
Read MoreTeranga Senegal
Nisha Gharti Magar
2019-03-27
“Senegal amna teranga” was one of the first sentencesI learnt when I first came to Senegal. It means Senegal has hospitality and it is very true and people here are very proud of it. Senegalese people are one of the kindest, sharing, caring and open hearted people I’ve met. It is believed here that if...
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The perks of being a wallpaper
Aissatou Tagaty Badio
2019-03-26
It’s a typical Saturday afternoon in Khombole. Pawla just picked me up from my house like she always does, and we are both on our way to Nisha’s house. One important thing to note about Pawla is that EVERYONE knows her in Khombole. I cannot put two steps together without hearing “Yaye Fatouuuu!”, her Senegalese...
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Senegal #1 – Dakar
Nicholas Bassetti
2019-03-26
*Some pictures of the first week's in Senegal, where it was spent in capital of Senegal, Dakar. *
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