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Dampha's Kacaadulaa
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Created on 2003-01-06 12:56:28 (#842556), last updated 2007-09-26
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Basic Info| Name: | Quiz Kid Donnie Smith |
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| Birthdate: | 03-29 |
| Location: | Madison, Wisconsin, United States |
BioAbout my name:
When I served in the Peace Corps, I was unofficially "adopted" during my training by a Gambian family assigned to me to practice language and get introduced into the culture. One of my adoptive family's duties was to assign a Gambian name to me, and they decided to name me after the family patriarch, Monee Dampha. I decided to keep and this name throughout my service, although many people, including my students, tended to just call me "Dampha." And there you have it.
A kacaadulaa (ka CHA doo la), by the way, is Mandinka for a "chatting place"...it could be something like a porch (or "bantabaa") or be more akin to a pub or cafe.
The basics about me:
Born & raised in and around New Lenox, Illinois
Lincoln-Way High School Class of 1985
University of Illinois (BA) 1985-1989
Peace Corps Volunteer in the Gambia 1989-1991
University of Wisconsin (MA) 1994-1996
Currently working for Wisconsin Forward Award in Madison, Wisconsin
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When I served in the Peace Corps, I was unofficially "adopted" during my training by a Gambian family assigned to me to practice language and get introduced into the culture. One of my adoptive family's duties was to assign a Gambian name to me, and they decided to name me after the family patriarch, Monee Dampha. I decided to keep and this name throughout my service, although many people, including my students, tended to just call me "Dampha." And there you have it.
A kacaadulaa (ka CHA doo la), by the way, is Mandinka for a "chatting place"...it could be something like a porch (or "bantabaa") or be more akin to a pub or cafe.
The basics about me:
Born & raised in and around New Lenox, Illinois
Lincoln-Way High School Class of 1985
University of Illinois (BA) 1985-1989
Peace Corps Volunteer in the Gambia 1989-1991
University of Wisconsin (MA) 1994-1996
Currently working for Wisconsin Forward Award in Madison, Wisconsin
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