by totafab | Jul 13, 2022 | Family, Food, Life, Senegalese Culture, Teranga
Tabaski and I go back to 5 october 2014. A friend of mine invited me to his sister’s house and I happily said yes, not knowing what to expect. I was imagining a Christmas-like kind of day: you eat a lot, you drink, you chat and then, when you can’t eat anymore you...
by totafab | Jul 6, 2022 | Family, Food, Life, Senegalese Culture, Teranga
Next week-end is Tabaski. Tabaski is the Senegalese name of Aid el Kebir, the mutton feast. In honor of the supreme sacrifice that Abraham was ready to offer, killing his son because God asked him to, Muslims today sacrifice a mutton. Just like all traditional...
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 | Family, Life, Senegalese Culture, Teranga
One of the first words that you learn in Senegal is teranga. You can translate it into hospitality if you accept that something gets lost in translation. With the experience I have today, I’d rather translate it into “the guest is King” and Senegalese people are...