Dakar , Senegal • +221 77 1941310 • majibso@@gmail.com
Uniroma La Sapienza , Rome, Italy Rome
PhD Flow : English Literature and Literary Theories majors .
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October 2011- July 2012: First year English PhD Mobility student, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
2011- Apr 2013
 October 2012-April 2013: Second year English PhD Mobility student, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
FASTEF, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
High School English Teaching Certificate (CAES) : Graduated with Honors .
Dakar, Senegal
April 2012
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar Dakar, Senegal
English PostGraduate Certificate (DEA)
Graduated with High Honors .
December 2007
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar Dakar, Senegal
MA English Degree: Graduated with Honors .
December 2006
Project Management Professionals Dakar, Senegal
West Africa Project Manager
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August 2013 – Present
Manage projects in the humanitarian and commercial sectors in Senegal, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Cameroon,
Congo Brazzaville for the World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH), a USDA-funded non-profit program that
 aims to improve nutrition and address protein deficiencies in developing countries.
Develop sustainable supply chain of soy products in the baking, meat, beverage, cereal blend, and animal feed industries.
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Organize technical demonstrations, seminars, and conferences to promote WISHH’s mission. Lead international trade
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team events and trainings for industry leaders and business partners.
Design and implement promotional activities, campaigns, and materials with information on nutrition and protein options for a range of audiences, from industry officials to women’s associations and local households.
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Generate regional success stories, provide translations as necessary, perform research for market reports, and prepare trip, monthly and quarterly reports for donors.
Manage the Francophone West Africa activity budgets and supervise the WISHH guesthouse in Senegal.
CEM Pikine 9 Dakar , Senegal
High school English teacher
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Taught the 4 skills (grammar, listening, speaking and writing) using the communicative approach.
ELT , assessments , grading , and development of class materials .
Provided language support and special needs for English Language Learners .
Oct 2010 – July 2011
English Department, Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar Dakar, Senegal
Part-time English teacher Oct 2007-July 2011
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Teach African, American and British Literatures, Grammar? Listening Comprehension and Translation to first year, sophomore, BA and MA student.
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Give lectures on Grammar and translation (Theme & Version) for UCAD English Club.
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Assisted professors in postgraduate seminars by providing literature insights and helped students on the appropriated novels and theories.

CEM NDIOB Fatick , Senegal
High school English and French teacher
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Taught French classes to secondary school students (Grammar, Writing, Literature)
Oct 2004 – July 2010
Taught the 4 skills (English grammar, listening, speaking and writing) using the communicative approach.
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ELT assessments , grading , and development of class materials .
Provided language support and special needs for English Language Learners .
Institut Zenith Universel Sipres, Dakar , Senegal
High school English teacher
 Taught the 4 skills (grammar, listening, speaking and writing) using the communicative approach.
Oct 2003 – July 2004
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ELT , assessments , grading , and development of class materials .
Provided language support and special needs for English Language Learners
CEM Espace-Education Dalifor , Dakar, Senegal
High school English teacher
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Taught the 4 skills (grammar, listening, speaking and writing) using the communicative approach.
ELT , assessments , grading , and development of class materials .
Provided language support and special needs for English Language Learners
Oct 2002 – July 2003
PAE Lockheed Martin
English/French Translator and Interpreter
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Dakar, Senegal
Jan 2010 – March 2010
Translated 18 technical documents from English to French for the UN Formed Police Unit of Senegalese soldiers to be
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 launched to Darfur .
Provided interpretation for the UN Formed Police Unit of Senegalese soldiers to be launched to Darfur .
Provided interpretation for the UN Troops Contributing Countries of Senegalese soldiers to be launched to Darfur . (2008)
Bayan-Tech Cairo, Egypt
English/Wolof Translator
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July 2011 – Oct 2011
Translated Windows 8, Windows 15 from English to Wolof (165000 words) and other small translation projects.
Folio-Online Translation
English/Wolof Translator
 Provided subtitling translation from English to Wolof
EuroTalk
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English/Wolof Translator
Translated Eurotalk app from English to Wolof.
Johannesburg , SA
May 2013 – May 2013
London , England
Nov 2013 – December 2013
Nothern Crop Institute, University of North Dakota North Dakota, USA
Bilingual Translator Sept 2012
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Training in “Soy in Baking” with the Senegalese Master Bakers Federation.
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Provided Translation and Interpretation for the training.
English: Fluent
French : Fluent.
Italian: Limited proficiency.
Wolof : Fluent.
Pulaar: Native proficiency
Sereer: Limited proficiency

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Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office and various research databases .
Driving License Type B, July 2013, Dakar, Senegal
Travelled in the US, Italy, France, Belgium, West Africa.
Personal essay “ The Pastoral element in Wordsworth and Coleridge’s Lyrical Ballads ” published in ENGLISHes: Literary,
Linguistic and Intercultural Encounteers, N° 46, Pagine, Rome, 2012.