I met Malang through a friend of a friend of my brother. For such a small connection, he became my best Senegalese friend outside of my family. His house also became my favorite hang out spot. There's nothing really special there, its just a small apartment where he and his friends hang out, but me and my friend Emily always had the greatest time teaching them english, drinking attaya and learning how to play the guitar. We never hung out at his house without laughing hysterically at something.
This was probably due to the fact that his friends were all such characters - it was impossible to be bored at his house. For example, this is a picture of Ousman. This was one of like 20 photos I took of him posing with different accessories and facial expressions. He also loved to wear sparkly pants and was always putting on cologne.
Malang was also the manager of a band called Sur L'arbre, which two girls from CIEE ended up being apart of. It was a great connection to have though cause we always knew when and where concerts would be.
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