Fellow Stories

A radio program about Senegalese Education.

Salome-Valdivieso

2018-10-03

Photo Credits: Kaitlyn (from left to right -Mamadou, Salomé, Alex, Fallou, Elaine, Ousmane) As an apprenticeship, Alex (an English fellow) and I started working on E-Jáng radio. E-Jáng radio is a fellow’s initiative that started last year. This radio show/program is a free platform for high-school and university English students around Thiés. In this show,...

Untitled No. 1

Manuel Quesada Nylen

2018-09-30

Although it’s a cliche, I’ve found myself as of recently saying that cliches, as washed up as they may seem, exist for a reason. Curiosity really did kill the cat, one man’s meat really is another man’s poison, actions DO speak louder than words, you really can’t (and shouldn’t) judge a book by its cover;...

Chapter 3: Gone with the Run

Xandra Coleman

2018-09-27

-A passage adapted from my journal on 23 September 2018- It was one of those days. I’ve been gone away from home for almost a month now, and I had one of those days. For starters, I’ve been perpetually sleep deprived, and, well, we all know how most Colemans, especially me, do on lack of...

Removed…Once Again

Ellie Van Gorden

2018-09-23

As I sit at this squeaky, uneven table with the remains of a strawberry milkshake at the only restaurant I’ve been to in Thies thus far, I watch the world go by and wonder why mine was so suddenly stopped. I was thriving in the everyday hustle of my neighborhood. I had become accustomed to...

Getting Unfamiliar

Jacqueline Oeschger

2018-09-20

I’m becoming very familiar with a pen and paper, With the stack of undeveloped film on my desk, With melted gum, With the pages of my books, With Senegal’s heavy sun, With quick showers, and tea without milk. I’m becoming very familiar with my own thoughts, Now that I have nothing to distract myself from...

Chapter 2: The New Ways of Doing Old Things

Xandra Coleman

2018-09-20

On my way to being dropped off to my host family for the very first time, amidst an utter lack of traffic lights and street signs, I saw three versions of a stop sign.1. A post holding up the mere metal outline of a stop sign with no hint of red 2. An empty post...

What am I doing in Senegal? – Part 1

2018-09-15

I am on a cultural exchange program which is called Global Citizen Year (GCY), but to be blunt, I am taking a gap year here in Senegal. There are two parts to this question that deserves two separate posts. The first post is about the program agenda which perhaps will resolve your curiosity regarding the...

Cherish the small things in your life.

Qianran Yang

2018-09-13

2018.9.13 Today is the fifth day that I stayed in my Senegal host family. And yes, I’m in Senegal. This summer, instead of directly going to university, I decided to take a gap year. So I applied for “Global Citizen Year”; I got accepted; I made my decision. So here I am Senegal. The first...

What Drove Me to Take a Bridge Year

Frantzia Theodat

2018-09-13

  I was not ready to consider my future on my first day of senior year. I would walk down the halls of school and feel light; unaware of the fact I’d need to make major life decisions soon. It was childlike oblivion. Most people would be happy to feel no sense of obligation to...

Ignorance.

Miriam Abel

2018-09-12

“When will you leave to Africa?”  “Isn’t t dangerous for women in Africa?”  “You are very brave to go to Africa.”    First, I am going to Senegal. A country IN Africa. Africa is NOT a country. Africa is a CONTINENT.    Second, Africa is a continent full of cultural, social and political diversity. It...

note to self

Miriam Abel

2018-09-12

Bring yourself back to the time when Senegal sounded so unrealistic and distant to you that you found it hard to express your thoughts about it. Remember the excitement that ran through your veins paired with a never-felt-before anxiety about this decision that you made for yourself. Compare this rollercoaster of emotions to how you...

A Thought and a Poem

Sophia Youngdahl

2018-09-12