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Laura in Mali: October 2007
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Friday, October 26, 2007. Babies and children and sheep, oh my! I’m back in Sikasso after a little over a week in village. Salimata, Soumaila and I have continued to go to the other villages in the commune doing vaccinations and baby weighings. It’s been really nice to have some scheduled time where I feel like I’m actually doing something useful. Plus I’m getting to see some other villages and ride my bike a lot. I’ve definitely been useful as another set of hands. With our current system, I haven’...
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Laura in Mali: Return to Ameriki
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Monday, September 14, 2009. The finished well by my house. Two of my host family's granddaughters, carrying the twin grandsons (born in November 2008). They take care of the twins while the mother works. Feeding porridge to one of the twins. My host father's daughter, Fatoumata, and her son Arouna and baby daughter. I did "jabi" for the occasion of leaving village. The crowd at my party. This old woman was always really annoying and asked me for stuff, but she was fun at the party. Balaphones at the party.
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Laura in Mali: July 2007
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Sunday, July 22, 2007. N be Mali la. I don't know yet what language I'll be learning. I'm exicted for tomorrow, because we have a French placement test and our first interview with the APCD (I think that's Associate Peace Corps Director), which will have to do with site placement, and thus also which language we need to learn. I even went running this evening and it was just fine. It rained this afternoon which really cooled it down. Tonight I had my first experience with. Wednesday, July 18, 2007. I gue...
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Laura in Mali: February 2008
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Saturday, February 23, 2008. The mosque on Ouakam beach in Dakar. Me, Lindsay and Holly at the lighthousem, recovering from teh bus ride. View from the lighthouse. Peace Corps Mali had the best uniforms! Those are Dogon hats. Stephanie and Amy cheer on the team. I just returned from the West African International Softball Tournament, which is held yearly in Dakar, Senegal. It was absolutely fantastic. Some people tried to pee near the bus and got yelled at! That would never happen in Mali! Peace Corps Ma...
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Laura in Mali: April 2009
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009. The country of Senegal owes me candy. Somehow months went by without my posting. well here are the highlights:. In January my friends Liza and Sarah came to visit. After they left, I spent a few weeks in my village working on a proposal for a well repair project. My village is a large one (about 2200), but lacks a functioning pump. There is one pump that is always broken - the few times it's been repaired since I've been there, it broke again within a few weeks. I went to the ex...
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Laura in Mali: December 2008
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Monday, December 15, 2008. How to eat a sheep stomach. In Mali, you occasionally find yourself in situations where, to be polite, you have to eat something you find really repulsive. This is especially pertinent during the holiday of Tabaski, called Seliba in Bambara (it is the most important Muslim holiday, occurring 70 days after the end of Ramadan). Last year I got pretty lucky and escaped eating anything but liver. This is the process I’ve developed for eating things I don’t want to:. In this most re...
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Laura in Mali: November 2007
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Monday, November 26, 2007. Me, Anna, and Katie at the falls. The upper falls at Woroni. The road to my village. My language tutor, Lassina. My djatigi (host father), Zange. His first wife, Bintu. In the morning one of the cars left very early, but those of us in the second car hiked around a little more before returning to Sikasso. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Other PCV Mali Blogs. Laura Attanasio, PCV. Corps de la Paix. View my complete profile. Books I've Read in Mali. The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf.
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Laura in Mali: July 2008
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Thursday, July 17, 2008. Sorry it's been so long since I've written. I can't believe two months have passed! I felt pretty discouraged when that happened, and now I'm trying to reassess the way in which I do work in my village. I spent a week in Sikasso at the regional program for malnutrition, thinking about what I wanted to do. When I returned to village, I didn't really say a big change in - well, anything, but I do enjoy being there even when work is frustrating. Luckily the trip back was a bit easier.
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Laura in Mali: April 2008
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Sunday, April 27, 2008. Anyway, the reason that weddings all happen in April and May in my village is that our main cash crop is potatoes. Potatoes are planted in December and January, and once they are harvested and sold, families can repay their loans and use the leftover money to build houses and pay for weddings. The grooms each had a folded piece of cloth over one shoulder, and I was told that the bride’s father’s older brother gives that to him as a sign of his approval. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
