2018-11-01
Over the past month, I’ve sat down to write this new blog post probably 7 times – and each time something has held me back. The moscas are swarming and I can’t stand sitting, my little brother wants to play hide-and-seek, or it’s time to make lunch with Carmita, mi Abuelita. When I sit down,...
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I never thought I would find myself in a country that’s thousands of miles away from home and be able to share so much love in a new community. Last night me and my family had a lot of laughter after dinner. They do not speak English and I am still learning Wolof so communication...
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10 Sept 2018 With every new sunrise, there’s laugh, heat and learnings. I feel I can now assure how essential language is. Without communication, there’s no interaction, and so there’s no socialisation, inhibiting life in society. With this feeling of chaos and lack of sense of belonging yet, I realise how humans are without doubt...
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2018-10-29
*Disclaimer*: Before I enter into an introduction to my apprenticeships both in this blog and blogs down the road, I hope you will bare with me as I offer a quick disclaimer. I am not in Senegal to make a difference, to swoop in with my privileged angel wings and go aid a people ‘less...
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At first, I was at a loss for what to write about for this month’s blog. So many things had happened, yet there was always one idea I came back to. This idea, however, was riddled with challenges that accompany writing about issues from the perspective of an outsider in a country I call home...
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On October 3rd, Dakar elected their new major, Soham El Wardini, the first post-colonial female major in Senegal. This news opened our curiosity and interest in a new topic for our program, E-jáng radio. Senegalese women in Leadership positions. Alex and I agree that we needed to open our media space to give a voice...
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2018-10-27
El 2 de Septiembre llegué a Brasil. Después de un largo viaje de más de 30 horas desde la Universidad de Stanford. En mi primer semana estuve recibiendo capacitación en el sur de la Isla de Florianópolis. Desde el primer momento me sentí como en casa cuando comí arroz, frijoles, frutas, ensalada y carnes. El...
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