Learning the Culture

Ache children with an anthropologist

Some aspiring anthropologists
never recover from culture shock.
Others begin to slowly build a new cultural identity.
A difficult task, but the rewards are great.

but: jirikurun men o men ji la, a te ke bama ye!*

Next: the advantages of participant observation

*A Bambara proverb: No matter how long a stick stays in the water, it doesn't become a crocodile.