People here don't really know much about geography. When we came back from Dogon country, they didn't even know exactly where that was. They were trying to guess the region and didn't get it. We had to tell them where it was in their own country. Jade asked her host brother where Timbuktu was and he insisted it was a region and not a city...Our brothers do have a book with maps of the world. So Jade and I were talking about how funny all of the pictures of the people were. They were all so stereotypical. We immediately could place which countries they were supposed to be from. Out of curiosity, I decided to ask our brother Diaxiacari if he could guess which country each person was from. He couldn't guess a single one. Not even the African child. It was interesting to experience because they were so obvious to us, but we learn about the world and its people. For example, we knew one girl was from Spain because she was dancing Flamenco. But if you never learn about that you would have no idea. I think he guessed Chinese for her. Also, people insist that there are 52 states in America. It's crazy. We tell them there are only 50 and they refuse to believe us. They say they "know about America here"....
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