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LATEST ARTICLES ( 32 )

• Elegance, Richness, and Beauty

  I am incredibly lucky to have Norbert, and him having a place for me to stay in Ouaga is the least important reason why.When I first arrived in Africa, I was... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2010 CURRENT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• Neither Here nor There

  

  I wanna be laughed at, laughed with, just becauseI wanna feel weightless, and that should be enough... I wanna feel reckless, wanna live it up just becauseI... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2010 CURRENT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• Administrative Leave

  I'm leaving for Ouagadougou on a plane tomorrow.I've been in Guinea for over six weeks. School is in its fourth week. The entire time, I've been stuck in Dubrek... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2010 CURRENT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• Update on the Sitch

  So you don’t wanna waitI hate to hear, that’s such a shameCuz if you play it side waysAin’t no time out in my gameThey already on the wayI know you wanna... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2010 CURRENT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• Photo Post - Les Cascades De La Soumba

  

  Dear everyone:We don't know when elections will be held.We don't know when the school year will start.We don't know when we will be allowed to go to our proper... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2010 CURRENT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• One Year Ago Today

  , thousands of Guineans gathered in the national stadium in Conakry to peacefully protest. The president, who had seized power in a coup d’etat 10 months... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2010 CURRENT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• One Day at a Time

  The flight from Ouaga to Bamako to Conakry is on a small plane, on an obscure airline called Asky. The small plane has many empty seats. I am one of maybe a... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2010 CURRENT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• Bittersweet

  I gave up all my worldsAnd got up and left– Mon FrereI’m leaving Burkina Faso and moving to Guinea to finish out my second year of service. Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2010 CURRENT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• I Can Transform Ya

  I kind of feel like Will Schuester from Glee.I've been in Ouaga working for the American Language Center, part of the US Embassy in Burkina Faso. The ALC borrow... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2010 CURRENT, DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIETY

• Episode 3: Attack of the Elephant

  

  So we're driving around in the back of a pick-up truck with our Safari-man Stephen. We see antelope and baboons. Meh. We see tracks of lions and hyenas. Meh.... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2010 SELF EXPRESSION

• Episode 2: Scheiße!

  I think one of the only things I learned when I studied abroad in Germany was that the beta thing they use (ß) is pronounced like a double s. I therefore... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2010 CURRENT, SELF EXPRESSION

• Family Guy, Episode 1: a Plague of Locusts

  Lucky there’s a family guyLucky there’s a man whoPositively can doAll the things that make usLaugh and cryHe’s a family guy- Family GuyI am a family guy. Becaus... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2010 SELF EXPRESSION