Schedule

Daily Itinerary

(To download the full syllabus, click HERE.)

Dakar

Thursday
12/1		8amArrive in Dakar airport and transfer to Hotel
Local Assistant: Soda Diop (77 274 93 51)
12pmArrival at hotel & early check-in at hotel Fleur de Lys Point E
https://pointe.hotelfleurdelysdakar.com/
1pmLunch at hotel and rest
3:30pmUse ATM or exchange money, buy cell phones, Tour of WARC, check e-mail, registration online with the US embassy in Dakar
5:30pmBack to hotel
Dinner on your own
Friday
12/2		10amDepart from hotel to WARC
10:30am – 12pmOrientation session at WARC with Mrs Awa Fall, WARC staff
12:30 – 2:30pmLunch downtown Chez Loutcha (pre-paid)
2:30pm – 6pmGuided tour of Dakar with Ali (Place de l’Independence, Soumbédioune, Monument de la Renaissance, etc)
6:30pmBack to hotel
Saturday
12/3		9:30amDepart from hotel with all luggage
10am – 12pmVisit Museum of Black Civilization
1pmBack to WARC & host families pick up students
(lunch & dinner with host families)
Sunday
12/4		9amHost family drops students at WARC
10amLeave for Gorée Island
10:30amArrival in Gorée; Visit the Slave House; guided tour of island
1pmLunch (pre-paid)
4pmFerry back to Dakar
6pmhost families pick up students at WARC
Monday
12/5		FREE DAY
Tuesday
12/6		9amHost families bring students to WARC
10:30am – 11:30amLecture 1: Introductory lecture by US professors (French, Ndiaye)
12pm – 1pmLecture 2: Wolof lecture by Sidy Guèye
1pmLunch on your own
2:30pm – 3:45pmDiscussion about internships with Marie Guèye, WARC staff
4pm – 6pm*Showing and discussing of Youssou N’Dour: Return to Gorée. Pierre-Yves Borgeaud.  2006. Senegal, United States, Europe. French and English. 108 min. ArtMattan
Wednesday
12/7		AMInternship
1pmLunch on your own
3pm – 4:30pmLecture 3: Senegalese culture (religion, spirituality, wrestling, etc.) with Dr. Ousmane Sene, WARC Director
Thursday
12/8		AMInternship
1pmLunch on your own
3pm – 4:30pmLecture 4: Africana studies with Union Professor at WARC (Prof Butler, Black Americans coming back to Africa; Ghana for example, Liberia historically)
Friday
12/9		AMInternship
1pmLunch on your own
3pm – 4:30pmLecture 5: Healthcare in Senegal with Dr Dialo Diop at WARC
Saturday
12/10		Day trip to Keur Moussa and Keur Massar
9amDeparture from “Mosquée Mermoz”
10amVisit Keur Moussa Monastery and attend Church service (church service optional)
12pmDepart from Keur Moussa & Lunch on the way to Keur Massar (TBC)
2:30pmVisit Keur Massar’s traditional Health Center with Mr Djibril Ba- 70  470 22 73
6pmStudents get back to host families
Sunday
12/11/		Day trip to Pink Lake
10amDepart for Pink Lake
11amGuided visit of Pink Lake & jeep tours on the sand dunes
Lunch at Hotel Etoile du Lac in Pink Lake (prepaid lunch)
3pmCamel ride
Coffee at Etoile du Lac
Monday
12/12		AMInternship
1pmLunch on your own
3pm – 4:30pmLecture 6: Religion by Moustapha Mbacké

7 Days Outside of Dakar

Tuesday
12/13		Touba
7amDeparture from WARC (Maybe, visit the reed compound of the Mourid Cheikh on the way)
12:30pmArrival in Touba: Visit the Mosque and library
1:30pmLunch in Touba at Moustapha Mbacké’s home (pre-paid lunch)
2:30pmDeparture for Kaolack
4:30pmArrival in Kaolack & check in at hotel Le Relais de Kaolack
Wednesday
12/14		Tene-Toubab
8amDeparture for Tene-Toubab
9:30Arrival in Tene- Toubab & start activities
1pm - 2:30pmLunch in Tene-Toubab (pre-paid lunch)
4pmDeparture for Toubacouta
7pmArrival in Toubacouta and check-in at Hotel Keur Saloum
8pmDinner at hotel (pre-paid dinner)
Thursday
12/15		Toubacouta
9amVisit Toubacouta
10amDepart for a visit of the Mangrove
Visit Sippo island
Lunch on Sippo island (pre-paid lunch)
4pm - 6pm30 mn Walk to Keur Bamboung, an ecological campement
On the way back to the hotel stop by “Le reposoir” (birds come to rest there in the evenings)
6:30pmBack to hotel and rest
7:30pmDinner at hotel (pre-paid dinner)
9pmCultural night at hotel
Friday
12/16		Toubacouta
9:30amDepart from hotel
9:40amArrival and visit a Koranic school
11:30amBack to hotel (each student receives a 5.000 CFA stipend)
7:30pmDinner (pre-paid) at hotel
9pmDepart from hotel to attend Wrestling tournament
Saturday
12/17		Toubab Dialaw
12pmCheck out hotel & depart for Sokone (Ousmane hometown)
1pm - 3pmLunch at Sokone (pre-paid) & music and dance session with women from Sokone
3pmDepart for Sobo Bade
6pmArrival in Toubab Dialaw & check-in at hotel Sobo Bade
8pmDinner at hotel (pre-paid)
Sunday
12/18		10amBatik session #1
1pmLunch at hotel (pre-paid)
3pmBatik session #2
4pmDrumming session
6pmDance session
8pmDinner at hotel (pre-paid)
Monday
12/19		Bandia wildlife
10:30amLeave Sobo Bade for Bandia wildlife
11:45 - 1pmVisit Bandia game reserve
1pm - 3pmLunch (pre-paid) and then back to Dakar
5pmStudents go back to their host family while professors go to the hotel
Tuesday
12/20		AMFREE
4:30pmMeet at WARC with all luggage
5:30pmFarewell dinner
8pmDepart from restaurant to go to Airport and be there by midnight, since flight is at 2:30AM; so students bring their luggage with them to the restaurant)
Wednesday
12/21		Departure from Senegal at 2:30am

 

Info about our hotels, WARC, and some of the Sites for Excursions

www.warccroa.org
https://pointe.hotelfleurdelysdakar.com/
http://www.kassoumay.com/senegal/ile-goree.html
http://www.senegal-online.com
http://www.reservedebandia.com/welcome.html
http://www.senegal-voyages.com/page15.html
http://www.tostan.org/
http://gen.ecovillage.org/iservices/publications/articles/westafrica_2.pdf
http://www.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/matcel/senegal1/1135273620/tpod.html
http://www.ucad.sn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LakeRetba
http://www.senegalaisement.com/senegal/toubab_dialaw.php