Alys In Africa

Dear Reader, I should probably explain that I've been absent for a while due to my impending Christmas holiday plans. On top of my reg...

Stop. Before we go any further, I need to make the following announcement: this blog is about menstrual cycles . If you’re a guy perhaps it’...

According to my African mother, older women cover their feet in henna designs for 3 reasons. The first is that it is believed to hold medici...

The idea of food porn is not my creation. In fact, I actually can’t attribute it to anyone in particular. But it is, however, a much thought...

Thanksgiving being my absolute favorite holiday, and since I’d stayed with my family in Mboro the year before, I saw fit to travel this year...

The biggest holiday of the Senegalese year has come again. It’s two lunar months after Korite (or about two calendar months plus ten days) a...

My friends and I were scheduled to go on yet another long road trip to explore the Senegalese country side. And so we gathered in the garage...

The buffet of incidents leading me to swear to always be an amazingly grateful house guest is never ending. Most recently, while my whole fa...

On the night of the incident in question, my uncle came over a few hours before dinner to do his usual job of annoying everyone whilst waiti...

There’s a brand new mall in Dakar. Where organized shopping did not exist once upon a time, it does now. I can’t help but smile when I walk ...

I talk a lot about how different things are here in Senegal, or Africa, when compared with the US. Everything from the physical aspects of c...

Just how old am I? I realize that I wrote to you the events of my 27th birthday, but to be honest I don’t feel like I’ve been acting my age ...

And we’re back into the school year, which means English class has started up once more. This time around, I’m going to make sure they don’t...

The following is a brief history of my amazing town of Mboro. The historical information was compiled by the mayor’s office of my town for a...

My first big project is complete; quite possibly the only project that I’ll “complete” during my service. But to be honest, it should be an ...

The following are my observations of non-verbal noises or gestures that have semi-discernable meanings. These meanings are in no way set in ...

The following is all about the hilarious things my youngest 2 years old brother, Saliou Ndaw (pronounced “saa-loo en-dow”), does. Admittedly...

Let me preface by saying that Peace Corps Senegal issues a quarterly newspaper called the Sabaar that laces news about volunteer projects an...