I'd like to spend about one month somewhere interesting
(and cheap) learning French. It needs to be someplace safe
for a woman travelling alone. I've travelled through Asia,
but I don't know the first thing about Africa. Where is a
good place - a city where I could stay, hire a tutor, be
immersed in the language (I assume it will be somewhere in
North Africa), and take a few two or three day trips? I'll
be travelling in September / October.
Thanks for any advice -
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Places like Burkina, Togo, and Ivory Coast a relatively
cheap and safe (Lome and Abidjan are big cities that can be
dodgy and care is needed). I dont know much about formal
classes, but informal would be easy, every one would be
glad to teach you for a few $$. There are radios and
newspapers in french in many of the cities, and Tv in the
bigger cities. Re taking trips, Ivory coast had slightly
better/quicker/more comfortable transport than Burkina or
togo, and a greater array of things to see within a close
space.
If you could get in with PCV or other aid/volunteer org's
there, it will be a good way to immerse yourself in the
local, non-city culture!
No doubt other people will give you some other, better
ideas :-0