Fears and Fretts
August 1st 2008
12:55 AM
The ups and downs of this place still get me. It is only more amplified because now is the rainy season- or better know as my primary work season.
What is gets me is that people they want stuff and don't follow through with what they say they are going to do- constantly. I have to chase them down and reask them to do it. Then then still don't do it. Leaves me feeling like I have no one to work with. Especially with my demonstration plots. I realize that if I want something done I must do it myself- but that contradicts my role here as a facilitator- not as a prime mover.
Honestly my greatest fear is that my time and my efforts here are a waste of time. Coming here I was excited to do some work and a service to the Senegalese people. One of my fears is that this is only an aggrandized postcollegiate "live abroad" program.
The trial and error aspect of this job is just too much for me sometimes.
1 comments:
Hi, Nat,
Just reading your blog and it seems that you know quite a bit about Senegal now. I've only been there once, some time ago, and now I'm writing a book (novel) about, basically, an older English woman and a young Senegalese "beach boy". If you want to know more, I'll be happy to tell you but now I don't want to bother you with it...
What I'd like to ask you, though: would you be willing to help me with some facts when it comes to the Fulani people, namely that part (or family clan) of the tribe that carries the name Diallo or Jallo. I don't need any secrets, just a the names of a few villages they might come from. Later, if you don't mind, I'd like to run some of my notions past you, to make sure I'm not completely mistaken. I do know some Fulani people (I live in London) but, to be honest, don't want to bother them too much with things like these because they tend to get suspicious. I assure you that I mean no harm to anybody. If you're willing to help, please write at ivapekarkova@gmail.com
Thanx, Iva
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