Wildway
19 March 2008, Freetown He is my taxi driver. A friend of a friend gave me two driver’s numbers, and I called this one…
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The naming of things
From notes made between March 19 and 21, 2008 It’s almost never not funny here in Freetown. There are more signs for social causes…
Read MoreGood news for people like me, if we lived in the Ivory Coast…
A friend forwarded me this story from the BBC, Ivory Coast’s ‘big-bottom’ craze. There’s a song in praise of bums, which spawned a dance…
Read MoreJust one more thing from Rwanda…
17 March, Nairobi, in transit to Freetown I am surprised how emotional I felt at the Kigali airport. I mean, I’m not leaving-leaving; just…
Read MoreWhere have all the (cow)girls gone?
Okay, I don’t even like that song, so to all of you, and myself, I apologize. But yesterday it occurred to me, I’m surrounded…
Read MoreIs this what they mean by pidgen English?
I went with a roomie to Gisenyi today, just a quick day trip, mostly with just enough time to go down to the lake…
Read MoreThis just in: Michael Jackson to continue to be just fine
That’s right, folks: “Jackson Lawyer: Neverland Ranch Saved.” I found it via the trusty NYT, where only a sex scandal could get the Obama-Clinton…
Read MoreRoad rage, or, why not to live with a doctor
Two days ago, I wrote a post like this, but it was all wild and triumphant. It was a love note to motos, and…
Read MoreLanguage Lessons I
I have been taking Kinyarwanda lessons for almost three weeks now. Thank God I studied Swahili for a year; I can remember almost none…
Read MoreAid-ing the poor
It doesn’t take all that much time in a place like Rwanda to start wondering if aid works, or how it might work better….
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