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Julia Lingham

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Aksilem ak Jamm: Welcome to West Africa

by Julia Lingham 7/18/2013

We first ran this amazing story four years ago this week. This is the first of a series of articles written by Julia Lingham about her experiences in places very different from Holliston. She is out to make a difference in the world and we think of her as Holliston's Ambassador of Good Will. The adventure continues: I am in the Land of the TERANGA. I am off by myself to Dakar, the bustling capital of Senegal, for a month to work in a micro-credit bank run by all women in La Cité des Nations Unies outside of Dakar.

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Aksilem ak Jamm- Welcome to West Africa! (part 5)

by Julia Lingham 8/5/2009

Aksilem ak Jamm- Welcome to West Africa!  (part 5)  

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Aksilem ak Jamm- Welcome to West Africa! (part 4)

by Julia Lingham 7/31/2009

Aksilem ak Jamm: Welcome to West Africa (part four) Sandaga's Fish Markets Today I wander through the Sandaga market with El Hadji and he shows me all the famous ingredients used in African cooking, such as mint leaves, lentils, haricots and lots of spices.

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Aksilem ak Jamm- Welcome to West Africa! (part 3)

by Julia Lingham 7/24/2009

Aksilem ak Jamm - Welcome to West Africa (part three) Other things I have to watch out for: (Coconuts for sale at the market.)

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Aksilem ak Jamm- Welcome to West Africa! (part 2)

by Julia Lingham 7/19/2009

Aksilem ak Jamm -- Welcome to West Africa, part two Another thing here is that the families are enormous and everyone lives together.

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