Business trip to Sangha

Steve is getting settled in nicely. It’s great for me to have someone around to talk about Dogon linguistics with—I’m already feeling more inspired. I think this last month will be spent largely helping Steve with his work, since in all likelihood, he won’t find an English-speaking consultant and he doesn’t really speak French. I guess he’ll learn as he goes.

On Monday, we’re renting a 4x4 and going to Sangha to find him someone to work with. I’m going to come along as translator/tourist. Sangha is ‘the’ Dogon village, where Marcel Griaule did his ethnographic work in the first half of the twentieth century. When tourists come to Mali to go to Dogon country, Sangha is always an essential stop. I’m glad to have an excuse to go now.

I most likely won’t be at the internet again until that trip is over, but I will write all about it when I’m back.