Attaya

Attaya

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...
Teranga

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...