Benin travel stories

Ho Hum

I am continually impressed with how similar my life in Benin is to my life in America. Granted, as my cross-cultural professor says repeatedly, “culture” is an iceberg, and there is a lot I hav...

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Oh, Poop

I am eating peanut butter with a spoon. Beninoise peanut butter. What’s funny is that peanuts are a staple crop in Benin, but aren’t used much in cooking, and as far as I know, not for peanut b...

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Arent all matches "strike anywhere"?

Funny how food inspires me: today for lunch I was eating peanut butter (which is no surprise, thanks to mom and dad!) with bread and fried bananas. I would have taken the bananas fresh over fri...

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UNO and Frisbee

I like to write in the morning, sitting at an old school desk on a bench on my porch. This morning Papa brought me two fresh baguettes; I am in the process of eating some with honey. I am not alone...

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Yovo

I live in a fairly sheltered home. Family Asse has a home on the edge of town, down a road shared only with the Eglise du Royaume du Jesus-Christ, (which is a kick in the pants itself), and a tall ...

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