I am currently in the library, trying to finish up my last quarter of my third year at the U of C. I have one more week until that is done, and three more until I hop a plane to India.
I got my visa yesterday, but I still don't know where I will be working. Things are indefinite, and all around. They move fast.
I received one confirmation from an organization in Nagpur, but I am waiting on a response from the organization that I most want to work with in New Delhi.
I'm sitting in a basement under florescent lights in Chicago, IL right now. In three weeks I will be somewhere entirely different. I must say the promise of being able to describe to you what I see, hear, touch, smell - the people that I meet - is intoxicating. New experiences are on the horizon. I am very excited.
The blog has officially begun. I will be back soon.
About Me
- Sam S. Chereskin
- For better or for worse, I have never felt as I do when I am thinking on Africa. I was a student of International Studies at the University of Chicago when I started this blog. I'm continuing to think and work. I'm learning Swahili now, and I'm branching out from just agriculture. My first love will always be land use, but I'm radially transitioning to institution building across the continent (and in a variety of sectors) as I try to follow what the development community is doing. Now I'm in graduate school studying development economics and finance at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. The goal is to eventually be able to pay for some of my ideas.
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