Program: Togo

We arrived to our site on Friday, June 14th. The next day, we had a meeting with one of our …

“Champion!” they say as we walk back through the fields to the homestead where we’ll be served beer in compensation …

Someone accidentally called me “mom”, and I’m enjoying it! It is crazy that the only non-French-speaking member of the family …

So for the past month or so, I’ve been trying to teach basic fiction writing classes at the cyber in …

Now about halfway through our stay here in Togo, and my work at the cybère is taking off in full …

When I’m at home in the United States, one of the last things I want to do is go shopping …

In my last blog post I wrote about the beer huts in the Farende market and the marriage proposals one …

Three weeks into our Duke Engage sejour, Dr. Piot told us about an upcoming race in Faren-Pouh, a village neighboring …

So let me tell y’all about this amazing thing that I found in Togo, sleep. When I got to my …

The work group starts at 3 – nothing ever happens on time here so I’ll go against a life time …