The Camel's Knees

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Ice cold Coke in Niamey, Niger: 225 F

Kilo of bananas for the road: 300 F

Chartered taxi: 25000 F

Guide fee: 11500 F

T-Shirt Souvenir: 2500 F

Walking through the bush with the last herd of giraffes in West Africa: Priceless.

Joanna, dite "Mariama Cisse": B.P. 85, Bamako, Mali; As a Peace Corps volunteer in Gao, Mali, I focus on improving the lives of the men, women, and children who have graciously accepted me into their community these three years. My original post, Ansongo, (Known as "Afudu" or "The Camel's Knees" to locals), has left its mark and where ever I work people know from my accent it is there where I learned koyraboro senni (Sonrai). My development philosophy can be summed up in the Songhoy proverb "The peeing frog adds to the pond"...little by little...

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