Fellow Stories

It’s hard to fully understand where we all came from but being back…

Ezekiel Alford

2018-05-05

It’s hard to fully understand where we all came from but being back in America. Suck a fast past which I can’t relate. Being in Senegal so laid back. Just sit around the house and get fat. Didn’t have to worry about money or your bank account just living life to the fullest and making...

“How Does it Feel Being Home?”

Wyatt Foster

2018-05-04

One of the questions I’ve been getting the most is, “how does it feel being home??”. I honestly wish I had a more interesting answer than the fact that it feels normal. The roads are the same, the buildings unchanged, and my room was just as I left it. So no, it doesn’t feel strange...

A few things I miss about my experience in Senegal

Tiffany Hurtado

2018-04-17

So 8 months have passed, and I’m currently writing this blog out of Curaçao and not Senegal anymore. It’s been around 2 weeks since we left and it still doesn’t feel real. Because of this I made a short list with things I miss about Senegal (In no way is it in order of what...

A Small Tribute to Senegal

Wyatt Foster

2018-04-13

My Gap Year i[vc_video link=’https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LveuFrKSjWg&feature=youtu.be’]n Senegal   Throughout this year I’ve taken many videos of my experience in country and would like to be able to share just a small portion of my time in Senegal. Please enjoy!! 

A Love (& a Little Dislike) Letter to Senegal

Wyatt Foster

2018-04-12

Sénégal, wow. It has been quite a ride. You've taught me so much about what it means to me part of a community, to feel homesickness, to engage in tough love, to live with less, to live out of my comfort zone, to shower with a bucket, to sweat constantly, to eat rice everyday single...

What I’ve Learned From the Paradoxical De-Sexualization of Women in Senegal

Wyatt Foster

2018-03-25

As I sit squashed next to a woman openly breast feeding her son in a sept place on my way to Joal, I think about the odd relationship between Senegalese society and women’s sexualisation. On one hand, Senegal has progressed far beyond the U.S. in terms of public breastfeeding. Mothers can openly breastfeed anywhere in...

Touba the El Derado of Senegal

Miniya Ali

2018-03-23

Iwe Ife fun awon Obi me

Ebunoluwa Akinbode

2018-03-15

*Kinto bere inkun ti mo fe so, ke kun mun ikpe in mun Yoruba ko. Mo kun fi igbagbo se ni.*             Ke me ikpe mo me ikpe Senegal ko je Nigeria, sugbun, lati gba ti mo ti wan bi, mo tin rin awankun to men mun mi renti awankun ti e men so nikpa...

The Cheeseburger at the End of the Tunnel

Erik Oline

2018-03-15

Bacon, it’s going to have bacon, lots of bacon. And iceberg lettuce, with honey Dijon mustard and a phat pickle on the side. As I write this I have exactly three weeks left in my host family. Every night when I enter the date into my journal I shudder when I write ‘March’. The past...

The Gorée Commercial

Miniya Ali

2018-03-15

“The Door of no Return” stepping foot on the infamous Gorée island is dream many of us who are descendants of slaves. We ponder the action of going back and defying the notion that the spirit of those who where taken and tortured on Gorée could never find their way back. Gorée as well as...

My Senegal is not Your Africa

Sarah Candee

2018-03-14

The 230 day program cycle is coming to an end and although I am not in the States yet, my life has already swung full-throttle back to American time. This means the constant hustle to do better, be better, and make better.   University orientation, family gatherings, various events and dates with friends have already...

A short comment on hair (down there and everywhere)

Sophie Schonbach

2018-03-14

So, about shaving this time, eh? And no I don’t want to discuss if I should let my moustache grow out or shave its or if somebody else should or shouldn’t do that, here it’s only gonna be about how I feel. Regarding shaving of course, no worries.   To start this off, let me...