Category: History

• The History of West Africa

  May 27, 2022

  

  I don’t know about you, but if I had never lived in Africa until I was sixteen, I would not have known anything about African history. And I’m grateful every day that I learned British, Dutch and African history (also specifically Gambian history). Because of this, I thought I’d try to write a crash course…

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• Diary Fragments III: A Lincoln Lullaby

  July 22, 2019

  

  Friends, oh my friends, I hope you’re somewhere, smiling. Just know I think about you… —Father John Misty   —For J-Wow & Polly

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• The way we look at history

  October 17, 2017

  

    Sometimes I stop to think and acknowledge my surroundings—will I be here in a year? I’m always aware of staying and leaving because that’s what I’ve done for a big part of my life. In middle and high-school we are taught history classes and we learn about the important events of the past. I…

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