In this article, the author shares her experience teaching English to adult learners at the American Cultural Center in Dakar, Senegal, a poor, primarily Muslim country and former French colony in West Africa. Her class was composed of about 30 students, whose age ranged from about 18 to 50. They were mostly men and mostly Senegalese, along with a handful of students who were of Lebanese origin. Through conversational exchanges, the author learned a lot about the Senegalese culture, which is quite different from the American culture. For her, Senegal was a good soil. To unearth its good soil required only some time, a little patience, and a bit of digging.