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Salif Wins NCJAA National Singles, Doubles Championships
Salif Wins NCJAA National Singles, Doubles Championships Posted on 21/05/2011

      Six years ago, in Dakar, Senegal, Pape Diaby, a Senegalese tennis coach, pointed out 15-year-old Salif Kante playing tennis and confidently told me that Salif...   Read more
To Senegal with Catlin Gabel Students
To Senegal with Catlin Gabel Students Posted on 08/03/2011

Tomorrow, 14 Catlin Gabel students (including my daughter Rachel), two staff members and I leave Portland for Dakar!  The trip is part of Catlin's Global Education...   Read more
A Happy Ending for Salif Kante
A Happy Ending for Salif Kante Posted on 11/08/2009

Just an hour ago, I talked to Salif who is driving to Georgia Perimeter College to meet his coach.  After getting his visa last week, finally it was really going to happen.  (For...   Read more
Salif Gets a Letter of Intent!
Salif Gets a Letter of Intent! Posted on 18/06/2009

I am sitting on Tipper's dog-cage blanket on a hard, cold marble floor at the JFK airport, exhausted, emotionally overwrought from the good-byes and left-handed handshakes (given in...   Read more
Power, Money and Medicine in Dakar
Power, Money and Medicine in Dakar Posted on 21/05/2009

Michael is on call all the time.  His phone is always by his side.  So, when it rings during dinner, we're used to disturbances.  This time was different."Nagey is...   Read more
The Story of the Throne
The Story of the Throne Posted on 17/05/2009

Just next to the fish market (unfortunately, as well as a sewage outlet into the sea), a huge local artisan market called Soumbedioune sits on the Corniche, the main road into town. ...   Read more
Surf's Up in Dakar!
Surf's Up in Dakar! Posted on 17/05/2009

Last week, a perfect swell hit Dakar, and surfers by the dozens plunged into the Atlantic.  The 12' waves bouned so grand that surf instructors were prohibiting their students...   Read more
National Champion Salif Kante Has Made the Grade!
National Champion Salif Kante Has Made the Grade! Posted on 02/05/2009

Salif Kante has grabbed success this spring, but he still awaits the fulfillment of his dreams.  He's played tennis with dominance in tournament after tournament.  In...   Read more
Lots of Catching Up - Portland Bound
Lots of Catching Up - Portland Bound Posted on 17/04/2009

Life has been consumed with "the move," which has been a bit like America, so many choices that you stand in the aisle of the supermarket overwhelmed and agog, simply...   Read more
On the Streets of Dakar - Saying Goodbye
On the Streets of Dakar - Saying Goodbye Posted on 18/02/2009

Michael's Peace Corps contract ends soon, and Rachel starts high school next year, so we're beginning our good-byes to Dakar.  We just got the definite decision about ten...   Read more
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