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Presse Malienne

Impressions remain from the visit of a diplomat: Ambassador Abdoulaye Diop from Mali

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The visit of a foreign dignitary has the power to touch off a storm of reactions, impressions, and revised opinions in the students and faculty members who meet him or her. A recent three-day visit by His Excellency Abdoulaye Diop, Ambassador of Mali, offers a case in point.

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For Emmy Brigstocke ’11 the Ambassador’s visit was “truly inspirational.” “I was particularly intrigued,”

she said, “by the way he spoke about how Mali, and Africa as a whole, needed to be seen differently: not as a charity case or something to fear, but a partner and an opportunity.”MORE