Zambia

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  Dreams of a Decade   BUITENVERWACHTING Beyond expectations     We’ve ushered in two decades together. This will be our third. Our first was the Millenium. It was a big deal in UK. Almost everyone we knew was booked up to go to big, over-priced events to welcome in the… Read More »SLOW

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    Sara   “Hold a true friend with both hands” – Nigerian proverb   30 years ago there was a small knock at my door. I was in halls of residence, during the first year at university.  I opened the door. I didn’t know the face looking at me.… Read More »TRAVEL

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  Loadshedding     It’s better to light a candle, than curse the darkness – African proverb   We learned to deal with power cuts living in Zambia. They were frequent. We had a constant supply of candles and a charcoal brazier that we could cook on. Do you get… Read More »SLOW

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    What do you cook, when a chief comes to dinner?     A man of power may be right or wrong, but he is always right – Bambara of Mali   We had been living in Zambia for about a year. We were working as lecturers at a… Read More »Food