2019-01-21
Cultural appropriation The act of taking or using things from a culture that is not your own, especially without showing that you understand or respect this culture. Senegalese culture is very different from my own in many aspects. Some of those differences are the everyday long greetings on the street, eating the meals from a...
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2019-01-18
I’m in an Uber with Jack and Luciana on my way home from our second regional reconnect when Luciana says “Do you think this is the best year of your life?” We had just come back from exploring Old City on a heritage walk, walking through Charminar, having several men come up to us and...
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2019-01-18
I’ve been struggling to sit myself down and write a blog post. I’ve written a bunch, but nothing with the intention of sharing it with the internet. Maybe with my friends, or my mom, or my cohort. The reason I haven’t published a blog is because talking about India, and painting a picture of India...
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2019-01-17
> > > In Wolof, one of the languages I’ve learned while in Senegal, there is a word, ‘Teranga’, that means hospitality. Hospitality, not just in the sense of welcoming, but in welcoming so graciously that one feels at home. The Terenga of my host family in Senegal and of my community has made me...
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2019-01-17
[image: DSCN0738.JPG] (A candid picture of the best person in Senegal aka Yaye Bouba Diop Fall) How do I get around Senegal with a language only spoken by 10 million people globally? Here are some common phrases I use daily and my favorite words that are fun to say. How much is this? -> ñaata...
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2019-01-17
Just a few pictures of my adventures in Bharat so far. These are just 5 out of many pictures that I’ve taken and will take in the near future. For a while, I was trying to get over this mental block and was hesitant to put out any content. Everything is okay now, I’m getting...
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2019-01-16
After our wonderful retreat at the beach of Atacames in Northern Ecuador, I went on another adventure. This time it was without any team leaders, but just other fellows. As a fellow from the northern cohort of Ecuador, we travelled all the way down to the middle of Ecuador, to a beautiful city called Latacunga....
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