by totafab | May 18, 2022 | Dakar, Life, Senegalese Culture
The beach and the ocean: it is the first time I live so close to the water and you don’t need to a water sports fan or have health issues to appreciate the proximity with salted water and the opportunity to take advantage of it even for just fifteen minutes. ...
by totafab | May 6, 2022 | Dakar, Food, Senegalese Culture, Teranga
One of the most beautiful things about Senegal for me is tea, which here is called attaya. Chinese green tea boiled for a long time with little water, lots of sugar and sometimes mint, which in wolof is called nanà. I especially like it because I don’t have to make...
by totafab | May 6, 2022 | Dakar, Family, Life
I don’t remember what day of the week it was when I arrived in Dakar for the first time, it was January 2013. I remember that as soon as I got out of the plane it was hot and I could smell the ocean: it seemed like I was off to a good start. I wasn’t really expecting...