One easy way to get lots of attention in here is to fall on your face and end up with two black eyes and a large bandage in between. The third world mantra is always look down when you walk. Unfortunately I forgot at that moment and instinctively saved my laptop, not myself and fell […]
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A Year Gone By
Dark clouds would appear in the sky, followed by roaring thunder and then the rains came. Everyday by 3 o’clock, torrents of water fell on the metal roofs of the village, so deafening that it was impossible to carry on a conversation. February 25 2014 This year we have no rain in Fundong village, just […]
Lost in Cameroon
As I descended the stairs of the Air France flight to Douala, I was accosted by a wall of heat and humidity. We dragged our bags across the tarmack, up two flights of stairs, and down the unlit passageways leading to passport control. There are no escalators, no moving sidewalks, no air conditioning and barely […]
C’est la Cameroon
Most Cameroonians never call you but beep your phone. That means you either call them back or they beep you again until you call them back. The cell phone networks are both owned by two foreign companies; MTN from South Africa and Orange from France. There is now a Cameroonian company as well, called CAMTEL […]