Fellow Stories

Mame Diarra Diop

Sophie Schonbach

2018-06-07

Mame Diarra Diop 2017 Oil on glass  38,1 x 10 cm I remember one of the numerous workshops we did throughout our seminars (GCY based). It encouraged us to try out different media to share and to use in our blog-posts. And so I decided to go for it. Now, this is not something I...

How was Africa?

Erik Oline

2018-06-07

                Hey it’s me again. So it turns out that I’m required to post another blog, and as my email inbox is now bursting with other Fellows blogs from June 6th who are scrambling to meet the June 7th deadline I figured I should hop on that boat, the June 7th boat rather, because yesterday...

Reflecting

Isabel Munoz Beaulieu

2018-06-07

I have many thoughts about my bridge year in Senegal that it's hard to write them down and share them. However, there are certain things that I learned and experienced that I want to keep with me for the rest of my life. These are lessons that I hope I will never forget therefore I'm...

My Path in Senegal

Sarah Candee

2018-06-07

Senegal Capstone Video: [vc_video link=’https://youtu.be/t3wIFR8EnrU’] There are some places in the world that, once visited, go straight to your heart and never leave. For me, Senegal is such a place. Upon returning to the States, I have grappled with how to share my personal experience in Senegal. Peoples’ predetermined notions of how my experience should...

journal entry #005- a reflection (capstone blog)

Stephanie Sanchez-Aguilar

2018-06-07

well, hello! It’s me, I’m back! Mainly because it’s a requirement for the coveted Global Citizen Year alumni exclusive backpack but also I want to explain the last couple of months. The last time you saw little ole’ Coumba Thiaw, I was lacking inspiration and not really knowing what to do next. The last real...

Frivolous Living

2018-06-07

In the dismissal of gods, one stands alone. They hold no power, no spirit of resistance, no fervor in rebellious notions. While the faithful stand naked before their gods, few stand truly naked, empty of expectation or desire and deserving no divine kindness. Many claim to shed the crutch of religion, quite eager to cast...

African American in Senegal

Miniya Ali

2018-06-03

I don’t think I will ever get completely reaclimated to America beacuse Senegal has changed me so much. Although I haven’t processed all the lessons and unique situations I was put in I can say I matured alot because of them. Please enjoy my final commentary on my difficult and amazing experiences as an African...

Processing

Katie Dodge

2018-06-01

Three days into living with my host family in Senegal, I had my first weekly language class, where Tiffany—a then stranger who later became my saving grace—made the comment: “I need more time to process these past two days than my entire life”. The more time I spend back home, the more I realize the...

Reflection

Elise Leise

2018-06-01

“Traveling—it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” —- Abn Battuta, Moroccan explorer, 1300s. How was Africa? My feet still hold onto the last markings of fuden, the traditional henna paste my older sister traced into decorations the week of Easter. I still sometimes wear my colorful wrap skirts, and I write my...

GCY Capstone: My Senegalese Year in Music

Ebunoluwa Akinbode

2018-05-31

  [vc_video link=’https://vimeo.com/272677330′]https://vimeo.com/272677330 Coming back from Senegal a common problem that I ran into was that no matter how detailed I explained a story from my year in Senegal, the person listening could never really understand what it was like: why I wasn’t scared; why I didn’t find it weird; how I wasn’t helping them-...

GCY Capstone: My Senegalese Year in Music

Ebunoluwa Akinbode

2018-05-29

GCY Capstone: My Seneg[vc_video link=’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzYe4_gmt2o&feature=youtu.be’]alese Year in Music   GCY Capstone: My Senegalese Year in Music **I do not own nor benefit from the music used in this video** I wanted to show in this video my time in Senegal…     Coming back from Senegal a common problem that I ran into was that...

Just my sprinkle of Senegal – Capstone’18

Tiffany Hurtado

2018-05-25

Capstone video link:[vc_video link=’ https://vimeo.com/271275436′]   I made a video for my capstone as my way of storytelling, because I thought that in that way I could more easily express what my 7-month experience was like. I was collecting footage since we got to Senegal, but not necessarily with the intention of making this capstone...