Tuesday, June 25, 2024

In The Company Of Relatives, And For The First Time

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TRAVEL By Cherno Baba Jallow A day before I visited my maternal grandfather’s village of Hamdalaye in Dalein, north-central Guinea, I was swept up in a whirlwind of apprehensiveness....

In My Grandmother’s Village: A Dispatch From Fouta, Guinea

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TRAVEL Dispatch From Fouta, Guinea In My Grandmother’s Village By Cherno Baba Jallow December, 2016 I am in my maternal grandmother’s village of Djoungol, Dalein, north-central Guinea. I have been here for...

REFLECTIONS: Struggling With Patience? Be A Traveler.

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TRAVEL REFLECTIONS Struggling With Patience? Be A Traveler. By Cherno Baba Jallow ‘’So, what were you doing in England?" The Dutch immigration official asked me. This was back in 2007. I...