May 11th marked the anniversary of Bob Marley. Senegal and Gambia celebrate by playing lots of his music, which is a little redundant by the evening, but a much appreciated relief from the normal, redundant, all-day Senegalese pop music.
I overheard my brother singing his version of Get Up, Stand Up. (Read below with a meticulous and perverse eye):
"Get up, stand up. Get up for your wife."
Granted, I'm mostly to blame for his silly English (ask him what time it is and he will now respond "Hammer Time!"), but this lyrical mistake was a highlight. Unknowingly and unintentionally, he made an equally important tribute to an equally important person first name Bob and a well publicized medical issue:
Bob Dole and his shameful Erectile Dysfunction.
I've decided NOT to inform or explain his mistake and let Mr. Dole take one for the team on this one.
--Byron Yee
Peace Corps Volunteer - Senegal, 2009
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