Write about a meaningful object or place in your life that carries a story.

Senegal is the country my parents were born in. By sheer coincidence 2 people born in Senegal meet each other in the US and have a son. So that makes Senegal a really important place for me because my family from both sides live there. Whenever I visit it feel right at home. It really means so much to me to the point that I love it more than the US the country of my birth. Whenever some ask's if I'm African American, I make sure to specify Senegalese American because that's just how much that place means to me how much my heritage means to me.

I wasn't here on Tuesday so I can't summarize what we did in class or mention what I learned that day.

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