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Don't Drink the Water (Caits in Ghana): "TALKING DIRTY TO THE GODS"
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Don't Drink the Water (Caits in Ghana). Adventures in poetry, dancing, lessons learned and worldly travel via one young writer's experience in Ghana. Saturday, July 5, 2008. TALKING DIRTY TO THE GODS". We develop good friendship, tight! And I turn the corner grinning, doing a little victory dance that hopefully no one saw. I'm fairly certain this dance looked like a 5 year old with ants in her pants. No matter, now it's all real! Caitlin and Yusef, days later! And how about magical hot spots? WHAT IS A B...
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Don't Drink the Water (Caits in Ghana): MEDAASIE MEANS THANK YOU IN TWI
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Don't Drink the Water (Caits in Ghana). Adventures in poetry, dancing, lessons learned and worldly travel via one young writer's experience in Ghana. Saturday, July 19, 2008. MEDAASIE MEANS THANK YOU IN TWI. Waiting for take off on the plane. There are so many thoughts swimming in my mind. How to process this all? I feel like I am leaving family. Who knows if and when I will see some of these folks again. I will miss you too much,". Is it too or so? E'ry second, e'ry time, e'ry ting.". Here's the thing a...
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Don't Drink the Water (Caits in Ghana): "WHICH ONE OF YOU BASTARDS IS DEATH?"
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Don't Drink the Water (Caits in Ghana). Adventures in poetry, dancing, lessons learned and worldly travel via one young writer's experience in Ghana. Monday, July 7, 2008. WHICH ONE OF YOU BASTARDS IS DEATH? Come live with my family in Kenya. then I can come visit you in New York and face your family.". Whoa, boy. Slow down. Lion's gift must have been awfully potent because this is all too much and I think I have mistakenly become some pillar of the exotic white woman. No thanks! I urge Tonya to bring th...
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Don't Drink the Water (Caits in Ghana): AFTERMATH
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Don't Drink the Water (Caits in Ghana). Adventures in poetry, dancing, lessons learned and worldly travel via one young writer's experience in Ghana. Tuesday, July 22, 2008. PS Please indulge in this fabulous article my friend Binyavanga Wainaina wrote. It's simply perfect. Please note, I did not write this! Ok, now you can enjoy. How to Write About Africa. By Binyavanga Wainaina (Kenya). In the magazine Granta (. Http:/ www.granta.com/About. Taboo subjects: ordinary domestic scenes, love between African...
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Don't Drink the Water (Caits in Ghana): EMBRACING THE MYSTERY
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Don't Drink the Water (Caits in Ghana). Adventures in poetry, dancing, lessons learned and worldly travel via one young writer's experience in Ghana. Tuesday, July 8, 2008. How to Forget the Love of Your Life:. 1 Go to Ghana. 2 Take up a secret lover (if only for one night). 3 Study with your literary idol. 4 Hug the women folk, love the women folk, laugh with the women folk. 5 Swallow the lessons. 6 Write it ALL down. PS I know what you will say- stop! I can buy another one should I need it.". Music of ...
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Don't Drink the Water (Caits in Ghana): HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME
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Don't Drink the Water (Caits in Ghana). Adventures in poetry, dancing, lessons learned and worldly travel via one young writer's experience in Ghana. Wednesday, July 2, 2008. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME. My 24th birthday. No parents to see me off or send well wishes (they are in Ireland), no love calling with a message for safe travels (that's a whole other story.) Waiting for take off from JFK to Accra, Ghana. Dreams, begin. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Read my other blogs!
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Don't Drink the Water (Caits in Ghana): SEARCHIN' FOR A REAL LOVE
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Don't Drink the Water (Caits in Ghana). Adventures in poetry, dancing, lessons learned and worldly travel via one young writer's experience in Ghana. Thursday, July 10, 2008. SEARCHIN' FOR A REAL LOVE. Na, na, na, na, na, na, na HEY JUDE! With their varied accents. We comment on how the prostitutes look like Mary J. Blidge in different stages of her career. I get a creepy feeling watching them cozy up to the flabby, unattractive wrinkled white men in their crisp dashikis. But no matter! Caits in San Fran.
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Don't Drink the Water (Caits in Ghana): TURN OFF THE RADIO!
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Don't Drink the Water (Caits in Ghana). Adventures in poetry, dancing, lessons learned and worldly travel via one young writer's experience in Ghana. Monday, July 7, 2008. TURN OFF THE RADIO! What kind of poetry do you write? What is your biggest passion? What is your number two passion? What is New York like? I've heard the Bronx is a very dangerous place.". Turn Off the Radio". Moshood (in blue), etc in intense discourse. Hello again, my friend! True, indeed. I nod my head in recognition of this st...
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Don't Drink the Water (Caits in Ghana): July 2008
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Don't Drink the Water (Caits in Ghana). Adventures in poetry, dancing, lessons learned and worldly travel via one young writer's experience in Ghana. Wednesday, July 23, 2008. INSTRUCTIONS FOR READING THIS BLOG. Thanks for coming by. Here lives the chronicles of a 24 year old young writer who was lucky enough to snag a full ride scholarship to the inaugural Pan African Writers Forum in Accra, Ghana for 2.5 weeks during July 2008. Serious. Before the Trip, a Little Context Please? Many thanks and enjoy!
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Don't Drink the Water (Caits in Ghana): YOU CAN'T KISS ME IF YOU CALL ME TERRIBLE
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Don't Drink the Water (Caits in Ghana). Adventures in poetry, dancing, lessons learned and worldly travel via one young writer's experience in Ghana. Wednesday, July 9, 2008. YOU CAN'T KISS ME IF YOU CALL ME TERRIBLE. There is nothing like dancing. Especially in Ghana. (Editor's note, though it may seem as if all I did in Ghana was dance, this was truly not the case! Last night the live band at the Chelsea hotel kicked into motion and the Nigerian students started a circle. "Go Reggie! That's the trick,".