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Africa

Fact about the journey Date: 21-24 January 2015 Number of participants: 442

The Central & Western African Peace Fellowship in Cameroon Fact about the journey Date: 19 – 23 March 2016 Number of participants: 15

Fact about the journey Date: 25 – 27 March 2016 Number of participants: 19

It was a very short trip with a lot of flights and delays. But every minute spent in Tunisia was worthwhile. MENA Salam 4 was conducted here in the hometown of the MENA princess Aya Chebbi. It was my first time to spend the whole night laying over at an airport alone when a flight I was supposed to take was cancelled. I can never forget it.

Gambia is known as the smiling coast of Africa. Yeah, that can be true. A lot of people were smiling and I can see that from Sunkung Danso who hosted me during this visit. We went to several cities hosting a few meditation sessions. I took me some effort because Gambian people have never heard about meditation before. Some were reluctant to do it. However, many people tried and loved it and I had several beautiful memories from my stay there.

I traveled to Benin to facilitate a series of meditation sessions in Porto-Novo, Cotonou, Calavi, and Adjarra. With the total number of 610 participants, the trip was a fun experience with a little of unexpected surprise. But everything has ended well.

I went to teach meditation in the ‘Formation Alafia Pour Les Pays De L’Afrique Francophone 2017’, Porto Novo, Benin from 12-14 October 2017. The participants are from Benin, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Rwanda, Senegal, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Cameroon, Congo, DR Congo.

In September 2018, I visited Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) to teach mindfulness and meditation in the 2nd Alafia Francophone fellowship. Since it’s for Francophone participants, I taught in English but with French translation in all the sessions.

A new chapter of mindfulness and meditation activites in Kenya with diverse groups of poeple: artists, university students, yoga practioners, business people, and peace activists. There are some old venues I visited before as well as some new places. I also went to give an interview in a TV program. It’s amazing to see all of these squeezed into the five-day period, well tiring but memorable.

In 2019, I visited Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) for the 2nd time to teach mindfulness and meditation in the 3rd Alafia Francophone fellowship.

My visit to Rwanda is for two purposes. The first is to join an Amandla African Youth Fellowship from October 16-18, 2019. The second is to guide meditation in various PIPO sessions in Kigali as well as other cities.