Learning to See: And Other Stories and Memoirs from Senegal

It’s early September 2015 in Senegal. We are about three quarters of the way through the rainy season. This has been one of those years that gives the impression of having passed by in overdrive. Suddenly January turned to May while I was still getting used to writing 2015 on my checks. Five days ago, September 1, marked my fifty years in Senegal… The years too have passed quickly. When I decided to write, the short stories in this book came quickly as well, like ripe mangos falling from th...