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In Senegal and Mali they live in much more condensed houses. The reason for that is because you don’t just live with you parents and siblings. They tend to live with their whole family such aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins. Also Senegal and Mali are not as technologically advanced as we are so the houses tend to not have Tvs or electronics

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In Senegal, they think that life is about being  together and staying close to one another. They all eat together, and many generations live in the same household.

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Food is very important for people in Senegal and Mali. They usually only eat what they grow, like garlic, and peanuts, there cash crop. They do this because the people in the people in the village are not as fortunate as people in the U.S. they also have a lot of chicken dishes.

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In Senegal, people do not use utensils to eat. They eat with there hands.

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What they wear is ver traditional, and since it is very hot where they live, they don't wear a lot of layers of clothing. But some villages, wear modern things like jeans, and a polo shirt, I saw this in the movie Binta and the great idea.

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Your aunts and uncles are like your parents.

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The main religion in both Senegal and Mali is Islam. About 95% of the Senegalese population is Muslim. About 92% of the people in Mali are Muslims. Another religion practiced in both Senegal and Mali is Christianity.

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Fairness is different in west Africa than say the United States. In west Africa the man in the family (or the father) makes most decisions. On the other hand in America there is a shared equality between the man and woman in the family.

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The main religion in Senegal and Mali is Islam. One of the other smaller religions in Senegal and Mali however is Christianity. To clarify this the majority of the population is Islam and a smaller piece of the population is Christian.

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The importance of time is different there in America all of our things that we do we make them quick like greeting someone. We wouldn’t take 5 minutes for a greeting it would be about 1 minute because we like to get things done quickly but if you were in Senegal or Mali it would be a lot different. In Senegal or Mali it would be longer because they like to take there time with things they are rush rush rush they like to take there time.

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Believe that housing is very different in Senegal and Mali. That tend to live with there families but don’t just live with there immediate family they live with all of there family. They also aren’t as technologically advanced as people in the U.S they also don’t have as much money so they live in run down places causing them to really utilize the idea of community.

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The whole family raises the children.