#happypeacecorpsweek

In honor of 57 years of Peace Corps, I’m sharing what family and community looked like for me in Mali and Senegal and celebrating my host families and the place I called home for a few glorious years! To the Koné(Diarra), Don, Diakite, Ba, and Ndiaye families and the entire Baugindea, Manatali, Thies, and Kaffrine villages that embraced me during my service... THANK YOU! All of my first memories of real culture immersion and the experiences that made me step so far out of my comfort zone took place in these two countries. I left my home and went to my home. #BeingDadjiKone #BeingAdjiBa #Bambara #French #Wolof 🇲🇱 🇸🇳 #TwoCountriesOneService #LoveIsCultureExchange #HappyPeaceCorpsWeek #March1st #CharterDay #PeaceCorps #PCVlife #PeaceCorpsFamily #57years #LoveIsService

Doing my part to promote world peace and friendship by fulfilling our Peace Corps Third Goal: To help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans. Thanks to the Global Studies Institute at @georgiastateuniversity for hosting this Returned Peace Corps Volunteer panel so we can spread the PC gospel. I love telling people about my honest intercultural experience living and working as a African/Nigerian American in Mali and Senegal because it was the start of my journey through the world and it put a unique lens on how I see the world. Happy Peace Corps Week to fellow RPCVs and shout out to my Atlanta Are Returned Peace Corps Volunteer family... we’re celebrating 57 years this week! #PeaceCorps #Mali #Senegal #WeServe #HappyPeaceCorpsWeek #HardestJobYouWillEverLove #AARPCV (at Georgia State University School of Film, Media & Theatre)