Cha diga diga?
Thanksgiving was a success. We cooked all day and ate way too much. Good times. My roomies and I could hardly walk home from school (where we had dinner) cause we were so full. I carried the left overs all the way home on my head like a true Senegalese woman.
I finally got an interview with a Bayot for my project. Since the Bayot community in Dakar is relatively small and we only have a couple contacts it has been hard to meet up with people. This last week there was a wedding they were preparing for and someone died so they had no time to meet. But, last night Martyn and I went over to a Bayot's house and talked with his family for a couple hours. By the way, Martyn is my advisor for the project. He works at SIL here and is from England... he has a cool accent and he speaks French fluently, which is an enormous help to me. The interview went really well and I learned a lot about customs and culture of the Bayots. Still lots more work to do though.
I just got back from a walk to the beach with my roomies. It only takes about 20 minutes from our apartment. The nights are begining to cool down here. My Senegalese friends think it is even cold...I cannot believe they say this but I guess they never experience really cold temperatures. I am still in a tank top and skirt and not at all cold at 2am outside.
I still can't sleep which is too bad. My schedule is messed up. I usually fall asleep around 4 am and then am so tired all morning that I just end up sleeping in as long as possible. Maybe I am just getting ready to come home.
One thing I learned recently is that wrestling is and has been a huge sport in Senegal. They do it in the villages, and even the girls wrestle. Pretty crazy huh? But soccer (football) is still the biggest sport here.
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Enjoy the left overs! ;)
Oh, an explanation of the title of this post. I spelt phonetically for you all the Wolof phrase that means "really." All the students in our group love this and use it as much as possible. Everytime someone says something the response is "Cha diga diga?" "Waaw, cha diga diga."
posted by Jamie Paxton @ 10:33 AM
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Well... "ce degg degg" is the way most people spell it with some accents in there that I can't find on this keyboard (that is messed up by the way... I have had to relearn how to type). But there isn't a set way of spelling things in Wolof cause it is mostly a spoken language. I've seen multiple spellings for the same words.
Senegalese Peanut Butter?
I read that Senegal is a big producer of peanuts. Do they have some gourmet Dakarian peanut butters that you can bring home? PB avec essence de monkey? Ou PB avec locusts chunks? How about a gift pack? Oui?
Daddyo
The peanut butter in Dakar is gross. But peanut butter from Thies tastes almost like normal peanut butter! Senegal does produce a ton of peanuts though. In the village near Kedougou we ate the best roasted peanuts while watching the stars and drinking ataya. It was great.
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