I went to an area where there is an inland sea, which is the sea that enters the land. I got on a small boat and went fishing, which is rare experience in Senegal. The mangroves grew well on the side of the boat, I had been on the boat for…

The end-of-term tests in the second semester were. Tattered textbooks were stored at the back of the classroom and they are handed out to children before the tests. I thought, "Why the teacher hand out textbooks?" Surprisingly, It was used…

March is the end of the school year in Japan. In Japan, the weather is warming up towards spring. In Senegal, the temperature has risen above 40 degrees resently. January to March is the second semester in Senegal. So now is the end of the…

When it was midnight in Senegal, it was 9AM in Tokyo. I talked with six graders in Tokyo by Skype. The distance between Japan and Senegal is about 14,000 km. A teacher I used to work with connected me with his class in Japan. They were lea…

There was a younger boy in a classroom who was injured and bleeding from a large abrasion. The boy was wiping the blood with a piece of notebook. And it was not a clean white notebook, but a tattered piece of paper written lots of letters …

Wolof is a language that everyone can speak in Senegal. This Wolof language had never been taught in schools. Instead of that, the language had been passed down orally. However, since October last year, textbooks in Wolof have been produce…

When living in Senegal, some people come to visit me from Japan sometimes. I had never met him before. He asked me to see the elementary school, so I showed him around. The teachers at school seemed happy to have a Japanese visitor other t…

The electricity went out, so I called a man who can do the repair. The appointment was at 5PM. The height to the ceiling is ridiculously high, so it was impossible for me to change the light bulb alone. I was curious about the height to th…