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

Tue, May 02

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Tacoma

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

Time & Location

May 02, 2023, 3:30 PM – May 03, 2023, 4:30 PM

Tacoma, Walsh Gardner (WG), 1908 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA 98402, USA

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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.

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LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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We gratefully acknowledge that we rest on the traditional lands of the Puyallup People where they make their home and speak the Lushootseed language.

 

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