the title of this entry is i am the tree person.
weve learned a bunch of verbs in bambara now but not really any nouns so this is one of the few i know which i use in almost every sentence. also, balon, tabili, jakuma, sugu, wulu, sogomogo balimamuso, sogobalimamuso (ball, table, cat, market, dog, meatman, sister, meatsister).
things are still going swell here. even though classes are way too long, we get wednesdays off which is marrrrvelous! my friends and i have been going to lots of concerts--- there is alllllways something musical going on. yesterday was a really fun day... after school i met up with a friend who goes to the INA (art school in bamako). hes a story teller and djembe player and he hooked me up with a dance practice in another part of the city. it was the first organized dance thing ive done (although were always groovin at concerts and what not) and i had such a great time! it was exhausting but i kept up with most of it thanks to west african dance class last semester. im so glad ive gotten the in with this dance troupe because its really cool and everyone was so nice and the place is close to my school. also all these kids from the cartier showed up to watch and dance along and stuff... it was sooo cool! when i got home i relaxed for a bit and then went out to a nightclub with my brother Sa (that means snake in bambara because hes like 1000 feet tall). a bunch of my friends were at the night club and we were there until 4 in the morning. sa's a sick dancer so he showed me all the specific dances for the different countries' songs. there are very specific dance moves that you use for each contry... for example, the cote d'ivoirians are major booty shakers! you should have seen how excited i got when soldja boy came on...
oh man right now in this cyber cafe the thong song is playing.
ANYWAY
i know that i write about mamadou in just about every post, but he is just so effing cute. i just look at him and laugh. it seems like every time i come home he has a new tooth coming in. his smile is so cute. the other day when i was leaving to meet up with some friends, mamadou followed me out and tried to come zith me (he does that a lot). so i picked him up and gave him a big hug and was like k'an ben mamadou! (bye mamdou!). and when i picked him up he grabbed my cheeks really tight with both hands and pulled really hard and one of them got cut! little devil! i have a scab but you cant really get angry at this child. lala is sick at the moment but i think she will be better soon. she still plays handclap games with me all the time so thats a good sign.
the weather is getting bloody hot now, and they say it will get a lot worse. even at night i just sleep on top of my sheet and im sweaty. luckily im always tired enough so that doesnt prevent me from sleeping...
i have a lot more to say but only 1 min left on my cyber time so i will have to continue a la prochaine fois.
keep writing me emails... i miss you all!
xo
bintou
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