Conakry - Post Report Question and Answers
Are local sports classes and/or activities available for kids?
Yes, through the American School, there is soccer for the younger children, swim lessons, guitar and piano lessons. Outside of school, there is art (for French speakers), cooking lessons (for French speakers), and an English-speaking piano teacher that is sometimes in-country. - Sep 2022
YES! African dance, ballet, circus arts and tumbling, gymnastics, drumming, piano, language tutors, school subject tutors, guitar, swimming, martial arts, soccer, soccer, soccer... Weekend activities like storytelling at the French Cultural Center. These are all great environments for your kids to meet local kids and learn the language. Our kids have greatly benefited from unstructured time playing with neighbors, and much expat housing is on quiet streets that lend themselves to this. If there's a particular thing you want your kids to learn, you may not find an existing, ready-made class, but you can make it happen yourself. There is guaranteed to be someone out there who knows how to do what you want to learn or your kids to learn, and they're probably in need of cash. Just ask around and you can find something that works for you eventually. For instance, there's no established surf culture that I know of in Guinea, but I'd like to get into surfing with my kids. I'll bring back a few boards next time I go to the States, and then my kids and I can hire a fishing boat for the day any weekend we feel like scouting the coast for surfing spots. As long as I have the money to pay for the boat, the equipment to do my thing (surfboards, in this case), and foresee and take care of any other specific concerns (like getting lifejackets, which the fisherman surely won't have already himself), then I can make this dream happen. Or at least have a great time exploring and trying to make it work, while I spend quality time with the kids. - Jun 2021
No. - Nov 2019
Nope. - May 2016
Yes, through the school. Private tennis lessons also available. - Dec 2014
There is a small soccer/baseball program at the American International School. I don't think there are any organized leagues. - May 2009
