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... more pouring from cup to cup etc. etc. The resulting tea tastes more live rich syrup that the Chinese green tea it is made from. Very tasty though.
Baba's family (and he has a huge extended family) live in various compounds around the Serekunda area, The Gambia’s largest urban area. These compounds were of a more permanent nature than those I visited two days ...
Time May Change Me, But I Can't Trace Time....
... br> So the start of the week was a little boring and tedious in the office – I was 1) trying to get hold of Mam to see when we could see each other and pilot the surveys and go through everything that was needed 2) trying to finish writing the surveys so I knew exactly what I was doing 3) tying up loose ends because Cloe would be arriving the next week and I wanted to make sure I could do everything I could before she came! Concern had visitors in that week and I spent a ...
Waka Waka (Time for Africa)
... looking forward to my DoS (Director of Studies) coming out here on the 10th – I think it will give us a good opportunity to sit down and discuss everything!!
I have made the plan to go back up-country next week so I can get back into the communities and start re-establishing myself as it seems so long since I have been there! I think it will give me a well needed boost to start to analyse the data I have collected and put in perspective what else I need to ...
Another Summer Day Has Come And Gone Away ...
... set of maps. Luckily, the maps were annotated exactly how I expected them to be and I think I will be able to update google earth with these annotations. The villagers seem really keen too and want me to bring extra copies so it may be a good idea to think of even more extensive mapping which could be completed by the villagers!!!
Friday night however was a complete waste of time and I was not impressed with the English football (which I ...
Get Back Honky Cat. Better Get Back To The Woods
... the Casamance refugee movement in The Gambia. We could map the previous locations of refugee camps and then using the 1993 and 2003 census data as well as previous refugee registration figures to map where Casamance refugees have been located and when. If I get the data I need, we could expand this further to include the 671 Casamance refugees that are currenly residing in the Greater Banjul Area.
Maybe I am a little over-excited about this but ...