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Benin Picture by Erika Kraus
Travel story: Mayday

No, that’s not a type-o; the first of May in Athieme was almost cause to send out that message.
It actually started the day before. May 1st is the Beninese Labor Day, so to correctly celebrate the holiday, I drank beer the night before. While I was at the buvette with friends, I learned that Elisabeth’s father had died, barely a week after I had seen him to ask permission for Elisabeth to travel with me to Porto Novo.
This news unsettled me, to say the least. My first... More

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