So a friend of mine wrote me an email with a bunch of questions he was curious to know about Senegal. He said I have covered the main points, but that he was curious to know about the “underground” Senegal, as he called it. I thought I would paste his email here so that I […]
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Category Archives: West Africa This is a picture of our “bonne”, or, maid. She too is gorgeous!! But then again, most everyone here is. As I mentioned before, it’s kind of weird having her around the house doing all the work, especially since she’s only 22. Friday night had my first uncomfortable experience. Moussou wanted me to go to a friend’s birthday party with her, but when I got there it was me and 30 Senegalese people. In principle this is not a bad thing – in fact, I kind of like surrounding myself with non-Americans. But, the entire night, not […]  These are photos of “la maison des esclaves” (slave house) at Goree Island. The first picture was taken in one of the cells (this one, for well-behaved slaves, actually had small windows). They are so narrow, and 30 or so slaves would be packed in there like sardines. I can’t imagine the sanitary conditions were […]  These photos were taken on Saturday, when our class took the ferry to Goree Island. A half hour’s ride off the coast of Dakar, Goree Island served as one of the holding port for West African slaves bound for the US. The first picture is of us approaching Goree, and the second, of us returning […] |
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