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Precious
It’s one of those Zambian names, along with Gift, that always makes me feel good about my fellow humans. Naming a baby girl Precious is just such a joyful thing to do. Lately I’ve been wondering about the things we … Continue reading
Posted in Ghana, Thinking, or ranting, or both, Zambia
Tagged Coca Cola, copper, gold, grass, humming birds, malachite, safety pins, silver, trade beads, turquoise, value
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A wet coming we had of it. The worst time of the year *
December 2006. Christmas, again. ‘Let’s do something different,’ we said. ‘Cancel the cake. Stuff the stockings. Forgo the pheasant.’ ‘I know,’ says atheist-anthro-man, ‘why don’t we take a box of little plastic tubes to Africa, in the rainy season, then … Continue reading
Posted in Zambia
Tagged amethyst, British Airways, Christmas tree, Great North Road, Heathrow, Mutinondo Wilderness, silver, speeding ticket, swamps, trade beads, Zambia
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