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Nisha’s Coconut Chutney

2015-11-10

Chutney: ½ cup of grated coconut 2-3 garlic cloves ½ teaspoon of salt ½ teaspoon of chili powder 2-3 small chunks of tamarind Some water Grate the coconut (you may buy pre-grated coconut but fresh is best). Throw grated coconut, garlic cloves, chili powder, salt and tamarind into a blender. Add a bit of water....

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A Lesson in Patience

2015-11-06

"Things take the time they take. Don't worry. How many roads did St. Augustine follow before be became St. Augustine?" – Mary Oliver I certainly hope St. Augustine remembered to bring a toothbrush and a change of clothes, because if he were maneuvering around Senegal he would never survive without them. Things take pretty long...

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Home – Written Oct. 25

2015-11-05

  Man. This program is honestly really taxing sometimes. When I left Quito and my first host family to come to Otavalo, I was way sad. I remember thinking that I wasn’t ready to leave my family, who I’d just begun to grow close to, and I wasn’t ready to leave a city that I...

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Better Late Than Never?

2015-11-04

I would like to start this blog post with an apology. I realised after speaking to a few people that in all the posts I have up on my blog so far, it seems I got so lost in trying to be poetic and deep that I forgot to say what exactly it was that...

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Mãe Jana

2015-11-03

Hello everyone, first of all I want to apologize for not having written a blog yet. However, today I had a talk with my host mom and that inspired me to write a blog.   Mae Jana, mother Jana, in English, is my host mom. She is thirty-year-old woman, full of energy, and super charismatic....

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Encountering the Unexpected

2015-11-01

Sometimes the best things are those that are wholly unexpected.   For me, this doesn’t sit easy. I don’t even like the idea: as a child I would spend countless hours questing to discover the hidden treasures that were my Christmas and birthday presents. I know that my grandfather has the power to transform words...

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The First Glance

2015-11-01

November 1st 2015: In this film I sought to show a glimpse of the sights and the daily life of my first month in Ibel, my community placement.  When I showed the film to my family they were extremely excited, they were clapping and screaming. The Senegalese love photos and I think the ability to...

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Abdul Godri

2015-11-01

Written on 31 October On Finding A New Home Dear map-makers of the world, I beg you to reconsider. Sincerely, Abdul Godri Ba   Let me explain.   Abdul Godri lives in Pelel Kendessa, a sprawling village nestled in the mountains that separate Senegal from Guinea. Godri (as his family and friends call him) is...

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Going Home/Baptism

2015-10-31

Written October 5th, 2015 Going Home The rain was coming down. When I say it was coming down, I mean it. I had never experienced rain that teemed down with such ferocity as this. I had spent the day in the back of a truck, with six other fellows who, one by one, were dropped...

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