Berkley Center

It was a typical Monday night. My roommate and I were attempting to gather all of our friends to head up to Pedra do Sal for the weekly Roda de Samba. As we walked through Copacabana, we stopped our conversation short as I began to forget my…

The first 18 years of my life were spent in a small town in East Tennessee. In my hometown, nominal Christianity is very much in play—church is as much a social event as it is a religious one. Then, I found myself at Georgetown, a Jesuit school. Both…

Whenever I go home to Senegal and meet new people, I often hear things such as, “Oh, you’re so lucky to live there” or “I’m still trying to find figure out a way to go there.” These statements tend to shock me because while I love the United States…