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...

This is literally a general shopping guide for future Fulbrighters/CDI visitors! Food: Casino or Carrefour: the typical Western-style...

From my very first week here, my students, colleagues, and friends would constantly tell me about one of Côte d’Ivoire’s greatest natural...

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...

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...

It is such a rare and beautiful gift to stumble upon a place that represents your love and passion. An organization or community that...

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...

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...

In addition to celebrating R and B’s birthdays, we were in Grand Bassam for Abissa, an annual celebration of forgiveness, rebirth, and...

This blog post is adapted from a conversation with Esther Appiah, an additional member of the 2021 ETA cohort. Esther is a queer, Ghanian...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Here is my original packing list. Below the original list, I have two edits. Admittedly, many things on this list are highly specific to...