VSO Journals: Tales from a Mud Hut (Cameroon)

Title: Tales from a Mud Hut (Cameroon)

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URL: http://talesfromamudhut.blogspot.com/

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Dear Stomach, - 15/Jun/2009 08:49 - 5652 days ago

For nearly two months now, you and I have been engaged in a civil war such as has never been seen before for violence and suffer...

It's getting hot in here... - 02/Jun/2009 07:55 - 5665 days ago

[Author's note: I should have published this blog ages ago but unfortunately the Hot Season (see long, miserable rant below) has...

1. Take one apparently simple idea and spread across a group of colleagues. For example: a human rights letter-writing conte...

The Culture Itch - 09/Feb/2009 14:33 - 5778 days ago

It’s now been over five months since I first arrived in Cameroon. When I was in Ecuador, it was at this point that the cracks...

The Naked Man of Maroua - 28/Jan/2009 14:51 - 5790 days ago

I had been in Maroua barely one week when I was asked a question that I honestly never expected to hear in the orthodox environm...

Dark deeds are afoot... - 24/Jan/2009 14:47 - 5794 days ago

Yesterday I met a friend for lunch. I asked her how things were going in Mokolo, the small town where she works."You mean, apar...

Volunteering week - 12/Dec/2008 11:19 - 5837 days ago

Last week was volunteering week inCameroon, a nationwide celebration of the contribution that volunteers make to development eff...

One baking hot November afternoon, my colleague and I were sat by the pool (contemplating how difficult life as a volunteer can ...

Life in my compound begins with the call to prayer at 4:30am. I had no idea that such an hour as 4:30am existed until the mosq...

Unwanted Attention - 17/Oct/2008 13:25 - 5893 days ago

Are all the men in Maroua completely mad?One evening, shortly after I arrived home, there was a knock at my door. It was Bogo,...

Things start to happen... - 27/Sep/2008 13:53 - 5913 days ago

Lots and lots to tell...Firstly, I survived the dreaded amoebas and feel ready(ish) to face whatever Africa has to throw at me n...

At least it's not malaria.... - 17/Sep/2008 10:33 - 5923 days ago

It started at around 2:30am on Monday. I awoke to find myself sweating profusely and barely able to breathe within the stiflin...

The journey to Maroua - 10/Sep/2008 13:16 - 5930 days ago

Djabbama! I'm finally in Maroua after nearly thirty hours' travelling by bus and train. The journey would have been unbearab...

One week down... - 07/Sep/2008 09:41 - 5933 days ago

How to start this blog? When I expressed my intention to join the blogosphere at lunch last week, I was informed by several se...

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