Journal From 2/4/07

So, I finally met the other Senecorps girl, Sally. Sally is working at a maternity ward, for her this is one stop before medical school. Sally has a great spirit.

Last night Bamba #2 organized a traditional African dance with his entire neighborhood – about 200 guests came in our honor. I can’t begin to explain how crazy the dancing was and how hard for a white person it is to move like these people. However, since the dance was organized for Sally and me – we danced hard.

How it works is that everyone sits and/or stands in a massive circle. About 10 drummers sit together on one end of the circle creating extremely fast beats. When someone feels “it” they skip into the circle and begin dancing kicking their legs high into the air spreading sand as they jump around.

Dancing in this circle (twice) was probably one of the most embarrassing things I have ever done. Bamba#1 happened to catch the whole thing on film, however, the last thing I am going to do is watch this video. Hopefully they won’t post it on the Senecorps website.

At around 1pm, we went to town to attend the concert. This time the concert was held in a nightclub in downtown Dakar. At around 3pm, Sally and I were dragging so we decided to hit the sack back in Grand-Yoff.