A Dukie in Togo

I should have posted my final blog a long time ago, but I honestly believe that it took me a semester to process through everything that ...

As I was saying, I love my job because it allows me to go up and down the mountain and enjoy the view of the valley and the mountain tops. P...

July 30, 2009 There is so much to write, but perhaps I will just describe my day. It is amazing how I have become accustomed to the way of ...

As promised, I'll finish my explaination of the initiations. As i said before, the dances in the village shows everyone that the young ...

In the region of Kabiyé, you have to prove that you are ready for adulthood and marriage. This means that both men and women go through init...

I have to say that every time I am in Kara alone, I end up finding friends and Chinese people. First, I saw Laby, who is a master in linguis...

On the way up to my host family in northern Togo, Dr. Piot asked all of us students to tell him of our majors. Madeline: cultural antrhopolo...