On February 2, a new elementary school designed by New York–based Toshiko Mori officially opened in the remote west Senegalese village of Fass—the first in a region, consisting of 110 villages, to teach children how to read and write in their native language, Pulaar, as well as French.
The landmark school represents seven years of negotiations with local Muslim leaders and Nicholas Fox Weber, the executive director of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation and founder and president of Le Korsa, a nonprofit dedicated to creating medical centers and schools in Senegal. The sensitive discussions resulted in an agreement that the Fass School would teach boys and girls literacy, practical skills like sewing and carpentry, physical education, and history, while continuing traditional Quranic instruction.
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