12 Days in Senegal: An Artist's Journey

12 Days in Senegal: An Artist's Journey

In March 2014, I came across a professional development grant offered by the University of California, Riverside. I had just been hired to teach West African dance in the Department of Dance as a physical education class for the general student body. With all my credentials in dance, I felt compelled to visit the motherland to gain firsthand knowledge and education on the subjects of West African dance and culture. This sabbatical journey was a long-awaited dream. The twelve-day sabbatical included Senegal's cultural destinations: Dakar, Pink Lake, Saint Louis, Saly/Mbour, and a tour of the â€œDoor of No Returnâ€ on Beer (GoreÃ©) Island. While there, I maintained three daily journals: a written journal, a video journal, and a sketch journal. From those works, I created a video documentary that includes the guided tour of the â€œSlave Mansionâ€ on Beer Island, a greeting card collection called the â€œSankofa Collectionâ€ that features the twelve sketches and a photo of me jumping into the ocean at Beer Island, and a photo poetry book titled I See Hip-Hop Afrika, as well as this book, which is my twelve-day account of the journey. Travel along with me as I take you through the rich cultural countrysides and cities of Senegal. You will laugh, you will cry, you will be intrigued by the people and places I encounter, as well as enjoy the sketches I create from each day's experience. My prayer is that you find something useful in these accounts. Something that will help you see the world, and our place in it, a little clearer. A hope that in these words you find some peace in knowing and loving Africa. And in this book, you are consoled by the beauty that is our homeland.
Country USA
Brand Xlibris
Manufacturer Xlibris
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2016-01-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781514450031

Country	USA
Brand	Xlibris
Manufacturer	Xlibris
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2016-01-15
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781514450031

12 Days in Senegal: An Artist's Journey

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