Clean Sheets!

Back in Dakar for one more week Chez Diop before I move out for the last month in Senegal. This last week I'll be theoretically putting together my project proposal, finding an advisor for the project, packing up my stuff, buying thank you gifts for my Dakar family, doing some French essay writing, and buying house supplies.









I finally accomplished one of my main goals of living with the Diops. I got a picture of Daba! She is the maid at my house who leaves every Saturday night to visit her family, then comes back Monday morning. She would never let me take a picture of her in her work clothes, and told me I had to wait until Saturday to take her picture. But I was usually not around when she would be in her travel gear...so it didn't work out until this morning! I was walking to school and saw her walking back to my house and cornered her in this boutique. So I finally got her picture. She has been an amazing teacher and friend for me in my first two months in Dakar, and has been so patient with my rough wolof and cooking skills. This really made my week.
Yesterday I "helped" cook lunch. I got to take the fish out of the pan. Yesterday was also the 50th anniversary of independence, but I saw more Easter celebrations, which was interesting in this 90% Muslim country.
Another family update, Khrady Aita got braids while I was gone. I was asked if I want them too, but I think getting my hair braided two times, in the villages, was plenty. My scalp is just now recovering from the nice grid burn I got in Moiut.