The Abandoned Baobab

Set in

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  Senegal · Senegal

  Senegal homeland — childhood abandonment and return
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  Dakar · Senegal

  Author's Senegalese childhood and education under French colonial system; starting point of the journey
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  Belgium · Belgium

  Belgium — promised land study abroad, descent into disillusionment
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• Brussels · Belgium

  Belgium scholarship study; Ken tries to make herself at home in Brussels but faces loneliness and cultural isolation