Archive for December, 2009

Dec
13
Filed Under (Malian culture) by Rob on 13-12-2009

…is almost over!

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But for weeks the roadsides of Bamako have been laden with piles of these green giants. Pretty tasty, but personally I can’t be bothered with spitting out all those black seeds and they are – as the name suggests – pretty watery too! I’m more looking forward to mango season!

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Dec
10
Filed Under (General) by Rob on 10-12-2009

Yesterday, I got one of these for my house:

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I’d never seen or heard of such a thing until I came to Mali, but when I heard a colleague was selling hers, I jumped at the chance!

So, QUIZ TIME – what is is called and what does it do? Finally, why did we never have (or need) one in Benin?? Answers please…

Folk who have lived in this part of Africa may not answer (but let’s have some good educated guesses from everyone else!

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