the nature of the beast the whereabouts of a peace corps volunteer in the west region of Cameroon.
sometimes i forget i’m white
sounds of cameroon
This past week a carpenter came to the house with the owner who lives in Yaoundé to put shutters and glass in the windows. This is a great thing and I’m no longer freezing to the bone at night, but there was something to sleeping in the “open air”. Just before the sun would completely […]
markets of cameroon
The markets in Cameroon are like the wrinkles on your hand—intersecting lines crossing the middle and escaping to the edges. A maze essentially, but a maze you come to know well with experience that rarely, or never, changes. My first experience in the market was exciting. I had been in Bafia for a week or […]
first week in AFRIKA
this first week in cameroon has already felt like months! I haven’t had time to blog and the only email I have sent was a quick note to my parents letting them know of my safe arrival to Yaoundé, Cameroon and check my email and Facebook—all while using the tail-end of another peace corps trainee’s […]