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SOUTH TO WEST: March 2009
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The Jourdan family from South Africa have moved to Liberia, West Africa for a year. This blog is for sharing our experiences, observations, news and photos. Friday, March 27, 2009. Friday afternoons are my favourite time of the week. From inside the room, in the basement of a ruined house, comes the sound of a keledoun (like marimba, wooden xylophone), a drum, and kende (metal percussion instrument). As I walk in, Mr Samukai smiles: "We are playing you a welcome song.". Mr Samukai is the president of the...
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SOUTH TO WEST: Via Accra
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The Jourdan family from South Africa have moved to Liberia, West Africa for a year. This blog is for sharing our experiences, observations, news and photos. Wednesday, January 14, 2009. For Christmas and New Year we migrated to South Africa to spend time with friends and family. To use our voyager miles, we needed to go via Accra, with a two night layover. Paul on the rooftop of Crystal Hostel:. Aaah, sorry I missed you guys when you were here. We had a sunny silly Zambian one. Enter your email address:.
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SOUTH TO WEST: November 2008
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The Jourdan family from South Africa have moved to Liberia, West Africa for a year. This blog is for sharing our experiences, observations, news and photos. Sunday, November 30, 2008. Liberian music and rap 1. Here is a cut from a Big Mama's Business by Friday "The Cell Phone Man", from his album Belleh, my current favourite. If you listen to the lyrics you'll hear the names of Monrovia's most popular streets and markets: Broad Street, Randall Street, Centre Street, Red Light Market, Duala Market. If you...
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SOUTH TO WEST: Story of a story
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The Jourdan family from South Africa have moved to Liberia, West Africa for a year. This blog is for sharing our experiences, observations, news and photos. Monday, March 9, 2009. Story of a story. But I'm very grateful to say the stories eventually came along anyway, in several wonderful ways. So, we got his wheelchair to the front of the class. And suddenly he transformed from the generally fairly quiet, soft-spoken, reserved child he is most of the time, and exclaimed with great flair: "Once upon ...
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SOUTH TO WEST: December 2008
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The Jourdan family from South Africa have moved to Liberia, West Africa for a year. This blog is for sharing our experiences, observations, news and photos. Sunday, December 7, 2008. One of the things about Coconut Plantation (the beautiful gated community where we now live), is that it's right next to the sea; BUT although you can hear the waves, you can't see any of it. This is due to a very high perimeter wall. Now available daily at Miami Beach, just around the corner. Links to this post. Private Pra...
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The Tuininga Increase: A New Beginning
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8220;O God, You have taught me from my youth; And to this day I declare Your wondrous works. Now also. O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to everyone who is to come. Also Your righteousness, O God, is very high, You who have done great things; O God, who is like You? 8221; Psalm 71:17-19. Tuesday, January 03, 2012. Remember when we first heard about a little boy named Varney and a little boy named James. Remember when they came home. So come on over!
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Liberian Perspectives
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Tuesday, March 8. Addition to my March 1 posting on 'Bullet or ballot propelled changes in Africa'. There are over 50 'countries' in 'Africa' - the smallest being the Seychelles, population wise, the biggest of course Nigeria - so the fact that I missed two countries in my last posting may be pardoned. Nevertheless, a serious error. Since I was focusing on the countries where presidential elections would be held I did not mention the two Presidents who as far back as 1979 (! Who became President in a.
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Liberian Perspectives
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Tuesday, January 18. Show that not only Presidents rule in Africa (see my January 4 post) but also people in the streets have a chance to decide on the future of their countries. I was touched by the recent. In Tunisia. This country has a special place in my heart since I first visited it nearly forty years ago, in 1972. President Habib Bourguiba. His successor's name was Zine El Abidine Ben Ali aka Ben Ali,. Something else comes to my mind. Tunisia. I witnessed the second. 1980), Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo.
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The Tuininga Increase: An Ebenezer...
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8220;O God, You have taught me from my youth; And to this day I declare Your wondrous works. Now also. O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to everyone who is to come. Also Your righteousness, O God, is very high, You who have done great things; O God, who is like You? 8221; Psalm 71:17-19. Thursday, May 01, 2008. Here I raise my Ebenezer, hither by thy help I'm come. And I hope, by Thy good pleasure, Safely to arrive at home. Do you see what I am saying?
