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Amayatou Mbaye knows schooling need not always be formal. As a koranic student, unable to read or write in French until the age of 14, Mbaye learned from his school-aged peers in the streets. He eventually brought his education back to the streets and began teaching children and adults in an area of Dakar, the Senegalese capital, a neighborhood so poor it lacks the most basic public services. This sound-rich piece includes an interview with Mbaye, his students and American volunteer-teacher Chad Goodroad.
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Amayatou Mbaye knows schooling need not always be formal. As a koranic student, unable to read or write in French until the age of 14, Mbaye learned from his school-aged peers in the streets. He eventually brought his education back to the streets and began teaching children and adults in an area of Dakar, the Senegalese capital, a neighborhood so poor it lacks the most basic public services. This sound-rich piece includes an interview with Mbaye, his students and American volunteer-teacher Chad Goodroad.
Broadcast History
WKCR FM New York (Columbia University), Late City Edition, 9/08
Transcript
[Street ambient, school ambient]
GOODROAD: You’re on the street and it’s lined with different shops. And you just sort of cut into one of the shops and follow a path that leads into a more open area. And, right, all the houses are made out of wood and tin roofs and there’s always like women sitting outside of their—shack, either peeling vegetables or preparing fish, usually with kids running around everywhere. You keep walking past these homes and then there’s more of an open area where there’s a foosball table. There’s usually a guy with a coffee maker. So it’s sort of the center of this little area. And then from there you just keep following a small path to where the school is.
[Audio: students repeating after teacher.]
NARRATION: Chad Goodroad studies English in the United States. In Senegal he has taught English as a volunteer at the School of the Road for the past four month...
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