I spent my long holiday weekend in Kartung, a village about one hour from where I live. Every year, around this time, there is a brilliant arts festival in this village. It’s four days long, and performers and spectators come from all over to be apart of the event. The art community isn’t very large in Gambia, so it’s great to be apart of a festival that is trying to promote it. Last year I went as a “performer” with the other people I went with. It was some kind of sick joke, because they dressed me up in tinfoil and made me throw plastic bags at the audience to promote environmental protection. Our group was not completely successful in completing this mission, but we had a kick ass time anyway. This year I went with
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