Monthly Archives: April 2011

The Gambia has undergone tremendous changes since my last visit in 1985. New settlements, landscape, and a continuous paved high way from the Capital city Banjul to my childhood village Gunjur. This thiry mile stretch used to take between three … Continue reading →

Left Dakar on Monday for The Gambia. Going across the mouth ofThe river Gambia where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean made me realize that I was home at last after thirty years. Disembarked from the ferry into the arms … Continue reading →

On Friday, april 15th, we also visited WARC. We had a very productive meeting with the director, Mr Ousmane Sene. He started the meeting with a total language immersion in Wolof. During our meeting, he spoke Wolof with the group … Continue reading →

Cours St Marie de Hann is a catholic private school that was created in 1949 and belongs to a group of private schools in the Dakar diocese. The school has about 5000 students from at least 40 different nationalities, I … Continue reading →

My colleagues and I visited Seydou Nourou Tall high school, today, April 15th. The school also includes a middle school. We met with Mr NDiaye, the coordinator of the foreign exchange programs, and had a very fruitful meeting. He gave … Continue reading →

It feels great to be back and walk around the school with my colleagues. I enjoyed meeting Madame Cuenot, the director of the school and Mr Tine, the 11th, 12th grade department head. The school itself is a real museum. … Continue reading →

I was born and raised in Dakar, Senegal. I now live in Amherst with my family. I completed my entire elementary and secondary education in Senegal and I was a student at the university Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, when … Continue reading →

This is the city of Banjul, capital of The Gambia.  I took this shot from the top of the July 22 arch, which commemorates the date the current government cam to power in 1994 through a military coup.  The city … Continue reading →

We have crossed into the Gambia by ferry. It was quite a rush onto the ferry and the ride at times was very rocky. The mouth of the Gambia River is very wide allowing the ocean and the river to … Continue reading →

On our first two days in Dakar we visited several schools to learn about Senegalese education and see about possibilities for exchanges with ARHS. One of the schools was Cour Ste. Marie, a private school dedicated to peace education. The … Continue reading →