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1. It’s
hot, but not as
humid as the Midwest.
2.
Lots of people there speak better French than
you: you really will learn from them.
3. The music is
brilliant.
4.
Senegal is a stable West
African democracy, with
peaceful
transfers of power exemplary in the
developing world.
5. You can get an
introduction to Africa
without the commitment of a semester-long program.
6. Dakar is no further
from New York than Paris.
7. The food is
excellent and perfectly safe,
with only common-sense precautions.
8. You will meet
people who really are not just
like you, and some of them will become your friends.
9. Senegal has very
successful public health programs.
10. Dean Diallo, an
American who knows Senegal well, will be
there.
11. Did we mention the music?
12. You get to
propose a research project.
13. Um, the
Senegalese?
14. It costs no more than Wash U’s other
summer programs.
Submitted by
Professor Graebner
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