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Senegal

SENEGAL | Mon, 7 Oct 2013 | By thefoodpilgrims | Views [388]

Further down along the West Atlantic coast of Africa, beyond the Sahara, the great waterless sea, in a place where sandy winds cloud the mighty the sun, rests the land of Senegal. She lays cuddled in the Sahel strip, a desert piece of land which spans ... Read more >

Tags: baobabs, dakar, dakkar, senegal, travel to senegal

First Week in Senegal

SENEGAL | Sun, 26 May 2013 | By studiozanzibar | Views [1137]

   My 8th day in Senegal. I intended to post something sooner but it's taken a week for me to begin to process the sensory overload that is Africa.  It throws us toubabs off balance.  The smells,  blazing sun,  dust, garbage, ... Read more >

Tags: africa, artist in residence, dakar, fishing, senegal, st. louis, waaw

Fara Lambe - My Return to Senegal

SENEGAL | Wed, 28 Nov 2012 | By worldartculture | Views [314]

Tags: african, american, culture, dance, drum, little, mbao, n, rhythm, senegal

wonderfully raw reality dip

FRANCE | Mon, 6 Nov 2006 | By solbeam | Views [1455]

Where the line narrows at the neck of the plane, instead of offering extended arms of right-of-way (as I have been accustomed), men briskly step in front of me with unknown, but unquestioned, authority on the order. Downcast eyes discard my presence ... Read more >

Tags: airports, senegal

and that's what it's all about.

GAMBIA | Sat, 9 Oct 2004 | By ejpredny | Views [362]

when i am traveling, there are some things that come back to me very easily- being able to work around not having street signs and only one bad map- and things that I forget how difficult and how long it takes to get over- the culture shock of ... Read more >

Tags: emily predny, gambia, koalack, predny, senegal, tanji

we go this way that, with french fries

SENEGAL | Thu, 23 Sep 2004 | By ejpredny | Views [470]

thank you all so much for your letters. it makes the whole day smiley when i open up my email and hear voices from home. so anyone who wants to feel the dakar experience with me, go get yourself a sandwich. then, stuff it with french fries the way you ... Read more >

Tags: banjul, dakar, lac rebta, salt lake, senegal

what are you wanting? wanting fabric for the clothes?

SENEGAL | Fri, 17 Sep 2004 | By ejpredny | Views [485]

bonjour. my french is good enough to communicate and get around, bad enough that no one is thinking that i speak french. the best is when i get so flustered that my english turns bad too, that really throws the hordes of men specializing in torturing ... Read more >

Tags: dakar, emily predny, predny, senegal

and yes, I am afraid of bed bugs.

SENEGAL | Wed, 15 Sep 2004 | By ejpredny | Views [438]

well hello there, mes amis. after a grueling 26hours of surviving on airplane food alone, i have arrived in senegal. arriving after dark was a bit harrowing, and of course the only ATM in the airport was conveniently not accepting any of the three ... Read more >

Tags: dakar, emily predny, predny, senegal

 

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