The W.A.I.S.T. is the acronym for the West Africa Invitational Softball Tournament.
Held in Dakar, Senegal every February, this amateur, co-ed slo-pitch softball event attracts North American and Japanese expatriates as well as increasing numbers of Senegalese nationals. In recent years, participating teams have come from Senegal, The Gambia, Mauritania, Mali, Cape Verde, Niger, and Burkina Faso. Peace Corps volunteers, U.S. embassy personnel, students and faculty from local schools, and Senegalese players make up the majority of the teams.
Games are held at a few locations around Dakar including the Dakar campus of Suffolk University. The majority of teams play in a non-competitive, social league; this includes most of the Peace Corps teams who every year provide entertainment with their themed costumes. A competitive league also plays with teams represented from Senegal, the U.S., and Japan among others.