It looks like I'll be spending most of January in Senegal, beginning in Dakar, and that seemed like enough of a reason to get another blog going. This will be a much shorter trip than last time, three weeks total. Tentatively, the first week will be spent brushing up on French, the official language of Senegal, and learning Wolof - the language that is actually spoken in most daily settings.
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| In case you are not quite sure where Dakar is at. |
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| And, in case you aren't quite sure where to find Senegal. |
I don't have much to add yet, similar process of forms & things as the last trip, it doesn't seem like that would need to be repeated. I'll be there to learn about Islam within a Muslim setting. The country is only about 5% Christian, but not as extreme as many Muslim countries and so offers a good learning context. It's too soon to say if I'll have regular access for posting or uploading pics, but I hope to a few times (weekly would be nice - we'll see). Being three weeks rather than 12, this will be a quite a bit shorter run, but hopefully interesting all the same.
