I got the privilege of hanging out with my neighbor all day last Saturday as she taught me how to prepare chébou jen; a local dish here. It is a dish served with either brown or red rice(rice that is cooked with tomato paste), fish and vegetables. We went to the market together from 9:30 […]

It all started on Sunday afternoon when my friend Khady called me and told me her grandma had died. Her grandma was like a mom to her.  I knew I needed to go to this even though it was about two hours away in a village I had never been to.  It was decided at […]