{"product_id":"9781514450024","title":"12 Days in Senegal: An Artist's Journey","description":"In March 2014, I came across a professional development grant offered by the University of California, Riverside. I had just been hired to teach West African dance in the Department of Dance as a physical education class for the general student body. With all my credentials in dance, I felt compelled to visit the motherland to gain firsthand knowledge and education on the subjects of West African dance and culture. This sabbatical journey was a long-awaited dream.  The twelve-day sabbatical included Senegal’s cultural destinations: Dakar, Pink Lake, Saint Louis, Saly\/Mbour, and a tour of the “Door of No Return” on Beer (Goreé) Island. While there, I maintained three daily journals: a written journal, a video journal, and a sketch journal. From those works, I created a video documentary that includes the guided tour of the “Slave Mansion” on Beer Island, a greeting card collection called the “Sankofa Collection” that features the twelve sketches and a photo of me jumping into the ocean at Beer Island, and a photo poetry book titled I See Hip-Hop Afrika, as well as this book, which is my twelve-day account of the journey.  Travel along with me as I take you through the rich cultural countrysides and cities of Senegal. You will laugh, you will cry, you will be intrigued by the people and places I encounter, as well as enjoy the sketches I create from each day’s experience.  My prayer is that you find something useful in these accounts. Something that will help you see the world, and our place in it, a little clearer. A hope that in these words you find some peace in knowing and loving Africa. And in this book, you are consoled by the beauty that is our homeland.","brand":"Xlibris US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47184666427632,"sku":"9781514450024","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781514450024_p0.jpg?v=1763725241","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781514450024","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}