The Literacy Review - Gallatin School of Individualized Study - New ...

Here in America, I have a chance to work and make enough money to help our family.
I don’t want what happened to you, to happen again. You taught me what love means
and the sacrifice it deserves. Please forgive me.
To you, Heaven, please keep my sister in a safe place. I will meet her someday in your
arms and we will share lot of games together. Mahamata, I’ll love you forever.
Salif Kabore was born in 1973 in Ivory Coast, West Africa.
In 1994, he left school to pursue a career in the performing
arts, attending acting schools in West Africa and Paris. He
has performed and conducted workshops in more than 17
countries throughout Africa and Europe. In 2004, he moved
to New York City to further pursue his artistic practice. Salif
Kabore studies at the Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center,
where the instructional facilitator is Diana Raissis and his
teacher is Tilla Alexander.
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