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Teranga FieldnotesDakar · Sine-Saloum · Kedougou

Dakar · Sine-Saloum · Kedougou

Long volunteering stays in Senegal, read from the field

An independent magazine on daily life during a long stay in Senegal, on village gardens and health actions, and on Wolof first words, regions, radio and cooking from Dakar to Kedougou.

Wide view of a Senegalese village at golden hour, baobab trees on the horizon, a sandy path between banco houses with tin roofs, washing lines and cooking smoke in soft daylight
A village path at golden hour: banco houses, a baobab on the horizon, and the evening meal getting ready.

Three ways into Senegal

Daily life, village projects, and the country itself. Every guide on the site belongs to one of these three sections.

  1. Section 01

    Field Life

    Compounds, routines, health, water, heat and host families: daily life on a long stay, from the first week to the second year.

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  2. Section 02

    Ground Projects

    Women’s gardens, school plots, health actions, mangroves, stoves and girls’ clubs: how village projects run and what lasts.

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  3. Section 03

    Know Senegal

    Wolof, Pulaar and Seereer first words, regions from Dakar to Kedougou, village radio, markets and everyday cooking.

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The guides, in full

Twelve guides, each built on a named public source and written for a reader who has a decision to make.

Five views of the country

Where to begin when the stay is still a sketch.

First words, before anything else

Three short series open the languages of everyday Senegal: everyday Wolof phrases for newcomers, Pulaar phrases for northern markets, and Seereer phrases for village life. Each one lists the greetings that carry a whole day.

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What this magazine is

Teranga Fieldnotes is an independent magazine about long-term volunteering, community cooperation and daily life in Senegal. Each article names the public source it rests on, describes every organisation and public body in the third person, and says so when a figure or a date is not published.

The site sells nothing and keeps no directory. Corrections and sources are welcome by email. Read how the site is made or write to the editorial team.