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| September 5th, 2011
This story is a month old but due to some internet failures and travel craziness I haven't been able to post it in a timely manner. So we can all pretend that it is still late July... Filen, Seko ni Donko am Balokonyuman Le Bol... -
| July 25th, 2011
Today we learned about witches. No, I am not just saying that because the latest Harry Potter movie came out. No, I’m not referring to some stereotypical wart-covered old white woman stirring a giant cauldron in late October. Rather, I am talking... -
| July 20th, 2011
This past week has been a total whirlwind. We went to Seydou’s nephew’s wedding, took dance and drum class, attended our first balinee (teenage street dance party), went to the market and wandered all over, hosted a musical extravaganza on... -
| July 14th, 2011
I was last in Mali two years ago and it looked a little something like this; 48 hour bus rides to and from Mali accompanied exclusively by rams bound for slaughter, my friends contracting parasitic worms with staph infection, urinary tract...
Emily Goldman
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Emily just finished her freshman year at Brown and is heading to Bamako, Mali this summer with an UTRA team and Michelle Bach-Coulibaly to study Mande dance and the way in which performance can mobilize community health education. She is incredibly excited to return to Mali and Senegal this summer since she spent four months living in Senegal during her gap year. Full of moving, laughing, and Bambara, this adventure is sure to be an eventful one!
