The Five Most Important Things for a Fulbrighter in Côte d’Ivoire
Here are five things I wish I kept in mind during my Fulbright Your resources are often out of sight It's really easy to feel like there...
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Shopping and Abidjan
This is literally a general shopping guide for future Fulbrighters/CDI visitors! Food: Casino or Carrefour: the typical Western-style...
Les Cascades de Man
From my very first week here, my students, colleagues, and friends would constantly tell me about one of Côte d’Ivoire’s greatest natural...
The Grand Mosque of Plateaux - Explore Abidjan Challenge
This post is a part of a week-long Explore Abidjan challenge where my roommate and I aimed to go to all of the local places on our bucket...
St. Paul’s Cathedral - Abidjan Explore Challenge
This post is a part of a week-long Explore Abidjan challenge where my roommate and I aimed to go to all of the local places on our bucket...
Happy International Women's Day - Celebrating 1949Books
It is such a rare and beautiful gift to stumble upon a place that represents your love and passion. An organization or community that...
COVID-19 and CDI
I know I said that teaching English was the elephant in the room, but there's another one: our dear friend, COVID-19. I haven’t put off...
Banco National Park! 🌴
On Friday, K and I went on a short hike in Banco National Park, a huge national park in the middle of Abidjan. After spending our...
Abissa
In addition to celebrating R and B’s birthdays, we were in Grand Bassam for Abissa, an annual celebration of forgiveness, rebirth, and...
Hidden in Plain Sight: Observing Queerness in Abissa Traditions
This blog post is adapted from a conversation with Esther Appiah, an additional member of the 2021 ETA cohort. Esther is a queer, Ghanian...
Assinie: A Gem
This past weekend, some friends and I went down to Assinie, a famous beach town about two hours from Abidjan. Even though I’ve been here...
Weekend Adventure: A Golden Wedding Anniversary
Like with any job, we have weekends off here to relax, explore, and catch up with friends. I am generally a homebody and will frequently...
Yakro Adventures
This weekend, we decided to take a short trip up to Yamoussoukro to surprise E for her birthday. The rest of the cohort worked to get...
House Hunting
I thought that as a native New Yorker, I knew tough housing markets. I was wrong. Finding Western-style housing in/near Abidjan isn’t...
Packing List
Here is my original packing list. Below the original list, I have two edits. Admittedly, many things on this list are highly specific to...
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