CURRENT MISSION

Exploring Nuremberg

ABOUT ME

About me? Difficult to talk about oneself... People tell me inside my heart I'm an African (though I do not like this essentialized homogeneous idea being labelled "African", as this continent has thousands of different traits, it is soooooooooooooooooooo diverse), as I love to share contact with different people from this colourful continent. But then there are others who might say I'm Bolivian, I'm Turkish, whatever, as I'm interested in so many cultures, trying hard to keep a track of at least salutations in many different languages. Well it is this school of life, these differing cultures, which are enriching our daily lives. I simply try to live globalization every day, being eager to learn from people from all over the world...And then I like to talk, talk, talk and talk, being so curious (maybe too curious), I normally bombard people with questions about their country, region, or city...

I am open minded, friendly, flexible, polite and and ... I love getting in touch with people, even if Im at the library supossed to work on my Ph.D.

Some characteristics about me...

Travelling,languages (especially Spanish and Portuguese, but also Wolof, local language spoken in Senegal), biking, exploring, reading, writing, cultures, meeting new people, talking, coffee, reportage/documentation films, eating international, enjoying my life

PHILOSOPHY

Sufeel sama bopp comme Talibé, meaning in the local language of Senegal living moderate.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I met very interesting and open-minded people from every coin of the world. As cultural education is vital for me, I made overall very good experiences...

Interests

Languages, "palavering", reading, writing, cinema, traveling (Europe, Latin America, Africa, hopefully one day also Asia), Party, relaxing,....

• writing
• education
• coffee
• partying
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• cycling
• track and field
• teaching
• languages

Music, Movies, and Books

Mbalax, Rap Djolof/Senerap (Senegal), Coupe Decalé & Zouglou (Côte d'Ivoire), Rap Burkinabé (Burkina Faso), Rap angolano, Kuduro (Angola), High Life, Burger High Life, Hip Life, Azonto (Ghana), Bongo Flava (Kenya), Zamrock (Zambian Rock), Romanian Rock, and some old pieces of good old Afrobeat/Afrofunk (Fela Kuti, Tony Allen and Co.), Latin Ska, Reggae & Hip-Hop, other forms of music from Africa, Latin America, Rock, Ska,Reggae, Alternative...I'm very open...Last but not least I also enjoy great music from Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Togo, Chad, Gambia, Burundi, Rwanda, India, Philippines, Balkan, Moldova, etc.

Aficionado of Burkinabian cinema (not many people who share it...u must speak French!!!), Latin American Cinema.

Books? Reading mostly this scientific stuff, anthropology, sociology...very related to my research, to quench my thirst for knowledge.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Have been working as a perfum seller in the streets of Dakar to get some money to finance my Ph.D. research stay, now way better to get in touch with the normal population and to know a city.

After school lived for 6 months in Ghana (2004), having
this time still in mind. Also my time in Burkina Faso was pretty amazing,,,

Teach, Learn, Share

Sharing different languages and cultures, at home in Frankfurt, and when there is time, travelling. Speaking my mother tongue everyday is too boring...

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Benin, Czech Republic, Gambia, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Mali, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo

Countries I’ve Lived In

Burkina Faso, France, Germany, Ghana, Senegal

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