Copargo, Benin

Here are a few of the cultural differences from a worksheet that we received comparing and contrasting American and Beninese cultures: Benin- you can assume that sleepers are tired and can sleep though most noises, as they have been doing since they ...

Well, I happy to report that I've officially messed up. No, no, it wasn't anything major and I found that I was laughing at myself as it was happening, but I thought I'd share what is probably the first of many language/culture mix-ups that I experienced ...

... But, I have to say that I had a pretty swell birthday. To start, perhaps it's important to understand that birthdays here in Benin are of much less significance than they are in the US (to me, anyway). I might have mentioned this before that many people ...

It's a boyyy! My pregnant mama, Roukiat, finally gave birth to a beautiful baby boy! Saturday night I was socializing with my friends at the buvette next to my house when my non-pregnant mama, Saidat, came over to borrow my friend's moto to take Roukiat ...