Ahem The temperature around me dropped a full thirty degrees when I returned from Abidjan…
Ahem While I and my colleagues at the Bank are paid good salaries, even by…
Ahem There are no second hand markets in Abidjan: no Petticoat Lanes or Portobello Roads.…
Ahem As Europe falls into yellow leafswirl, brown mulch and bright red bonfires, search-lit by…
Ahem The curse of Shango, Yoruba God of thunder and lightning, is invoked against the…
Ahem A family from France are staying for a few weeks. They introduced a cheerful,…
Ahem The process of moving into my new home, a villa in a half-gated lane…
Ahem After the strong and positive family emotions around my brother Clive’s funeral, I had…
Ahem To be honest, my brother Clive and I were too far apart in age…
Ahem I am growing very wary of the word “smart”. Never dependable or stable, the…
Ahem Every morning and every evening over a million straw-coloured fruit bats make the flipflop-flapping…
Ahem To secure approval from the family, a box packed with whisky, rum, gin, champagne…