Life in a Sahelian village:  Based on the Memoir "Growing Mangos in the Desert" | WACT Speaker Series

Life in a Sahelian Village:  Based on the Memoir "Growing Mangos in the Desert"

DR. KATIE BAIRD, Professor of Economics, University of Washington - Tacoma

Set in the Mauritanian Sahel, Baird's story chronicles her three years in the village of Cive, and the events that have transpired there since. Her story underscores the particularly ways that Sahelian communities are vulnerable to environmental change, political turmoil, and violence. 

Event will be held at: 

University of Washington - Tacoma

Student Commons, William Philip Hall

1918 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98402

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