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“Sannu” (hello) and “lahiya lau” (very well)—these were the first words I remember from the beginning of the rest of my life. My eyes opened to a new culture and a perspective beyond that of my familiar dominant (White) culture world. Living alone in a rural Nigerien village, experiencing both incoming and outgoing (American and Nigerien) cultural discourse, some of the realities of being a part of dominant White culture became apparent to me.
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Kieffer, A. (2017). A Journey Toward Critical Reflection. In: Hernandez, F., Endo, R. (eds) Developing and Supporting Critically Reflective Teachers. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-986-7_4
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