One of my more intelligent friends sent me a little more information on prayers that the most religious Muslims take part in. I thought it was interesting. “I was interested in your comment on the the mother who prayed. From what I understand the five prayers she is doing are the “salah.” The one in […]
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Tag Archives: Studying abroad –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 […]  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 […] |
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