Our 2026 Immersion Writers Africa Alumna
Fatima Ceesay
Our Impact
“The best part [of the education experience] for me was meeting both of you and going to Goree Island and seeing, feeling, and experiencing what I’ve known as history; but feeling history come to life”
- Dr. Menah Pratt, J.D. PhD
Professor & Vice President for Strategic Affairs at Virginia Tech
Higher Education in Africa Faculty Program 2023
Alumi Reflections 2026
Our Impact
“Having the opportunity to go to Senegal was really transformative for me,” Edusei reflected. “It was amazing to meet with the people, understand their culture and their food, and learn how they’ve been impacted by colonization and what they’re doing to subvert that.”
- Sydnee-Marie Edusei Gettysburg College (Class of 2024)
Decolonizing Education & July Summer Research Lab Attendee 2024
Immersion Writer Testimonies
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I wrote 40 pages in 8 days with Rose Pan African Education. Needless to say I'm coming back!
Jade Flower Foster | Poet and Writer
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As a fiction writer, a book I've been plotting slowly over years, finally started to come together in Saly and... as an academic, a research project on Black migration after the Civil Rights Movement...has me energized in ways I haven't felt since before COVID. I've been recommending Rose Pan African Education to everyone I can
Dr. Nicole Jackson | Associate Professor of History
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What you've built here is something special
Dr. Lea Williams Jr. | Professor of History
Our Impact
I don’t know if my ancestors passed these specific shores but I do feel like I’ve returned to a place I’ve already known. Dakar is gorgeous and fertile and every day I find myself in awe of the smallest adventures like buying mangos or watching kids play.
-Nia Hampton University of Maryland Baltimore County
MFA Intermedia and Digital Arts
RPA Summer Research Lab July 2024