Workshop for English Teachers: Kankan

Workshop 2

MAY 5-7, 2017

In Kankan, Upper Guinea

Two-day trip to Kankan, so we spent the first night in Dabola

On our way to Kankan

This wasn’t even the biggest pack we saw

Roadside village

Mosque

About to cross the Niger River

The Niger River

The Niger River

In Kankan now

Kankan is desert

There were fields upon fields of termite mounds

Ebola has been mostly eradicated, but the country is still scarred from 2014

My hotel in Kankan

What it looks like on the inside of a traditional roof

Colorful laundry

Togolese food for lunch

Visiting the American Corner in Kankan

The American Corner in Kankan

Julius Nyerere University in Kankan

My partner and the US Department of State Regional English Lanugage Officer for West Africa

Inside the American Corner library

Inside the American Corner library

With the President of the American Corner library

Hanging at the American Corner library with the President of the library, the Regional English Language Officer, my partner, and a Peace Corps volunteer

Guest appearance at a program of the American Corner library

The first day of the first workshop… do I look nervous?

Early morning announcements

Briefing me before the extensive and formal Guinean protocol of the opening ceremony

The authorities/sages have arrived… we couldn’t start without them

The formal ceremony to open the workshop

Everyone gave a speech… yes, everyone!

Can we get started, please?

…. And we’re off!

Briefing the Peace Corps volunteers on how they can help

Workshop 1

Workshop 1

Workshop 1

Workshop 1

Workshop 1

Workshop 1

Workshop 1

Workshop 1

Workshop 1

Workshop 1

Workshop 1

Workshop 1

Workshop 1

Workshop 1

The next day, beginning workshop 2

Workshop 2

Workshop 2

Lunch break!

Workshop 2

The third and final workshop for English teachers in Kankan

Workshop 3

Workshop 3

Workshop 3

Time for certificates

Handing a certificate to the Teacher Trainer of the Guinean English Language Teachers’ Association

Handing out certificates

Group picture with all the English teachers from the Kankan region who participated in the workshops

The Kankan market

The Kankan market

The Kankan market

The wife of the President of the American Corner made us dinner on our last night in Kankan

Enjoying a home-cooked meal on our last night in Kankan

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