by phil | Dec 4, 2012 | Mali
Something happened in Kita, at the fetisher’s house, in a room that smelled like death. Not the smell of decomposition and rot, but the smell of ancient death, like a crypt. Unfortunately, I cannot share what happened there, partly because I’m still trying...
by phil | Nov 8, 2012 | Camels, Mali
Over this past weekend, in a stretch of 24 hours, I saw 3 concerts — Amanar, Haira Arby and Baba Salah — and a theater and dance performance put on by former street kids. I spent time in 10 different Bamako neighborhoods. And I drew camels with 100...
by phil | Nov 6, 2012 | Biz, Cote D'Ivoire
A picture of our phone bank earlier this year It has been a while since I talked about our Abidjan lunch delivery biz (last post on it is here). When I wrote the last update, we were going through 25kg of potatoes a day and delivering 100 plates of food every...
by phil | Oct 31, 2012 | Camels, Mali
Just a short update here. We hit the mark on this camel drawing campaign. Now the fun begins. In preparation, I am traveling to Kita, a town several hours west of Bamako. An important center of animism, Kita is also home to many nyamakala (sculptors of the universe)....
by phil | Oct 23, 2012 | Mali
Arouna (pictured), a 24-year-old car mechanic who also sells phone credit and raises sheep and chickens. Madina, who is studying to be a lawyer. Mohamed, a high school English teacher who collects water from rivers around the world (he was over a dozen samples...
