Cheikh Tidiane Lo is a Fulbright international Ph.D. candidate at Indiana University, Bloomington. He conducts research on West African cultural heritage and folklore. Prior to coming to IU, Mr. Lo received his B.A. and M.A. from the Université de Saint Louis, Senegal. He was awarded the John W. Ashton Scholarship by the IU Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology and has presented his research at annual meetings of the African Studies Association and the American Folklore Society.