We sacrificed a goat to celebrate my sister Erica's graduation from college. Ngone's brother Lassy and Kevin took turns carrying the goat on their shoulders from the nearby Pulaar village. I performed the halal ritual with the eagle knife my grandfather gave to me to take to Africa. Ngone's brother Abibou butchered it masterfully. As I cut its neck I said, as instructed, "Bissimilah, Allah Akbar, God bless America and Erica!"
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