‘how to steal a car’ is Googled around 27,000 times per month globally. My uncle that initially refused to let me stay with him in Yaoundé eventually gave in after several times of me showing up at his doorstep to plead my case. He lived on the campus of one…
‘walking on the street’ is Googled around 135,000 times per month globally. Beer Joint in Cameroon Crowded Streets of Yaounde, Cameroon My resident father wasn’t an alcoholic but then again alcoholics aren’t that easy to identify when glazed over eyes often signal hunger, not drunkenness. Beer joints are so…
‘African fire’ is Googled around 12,000 times per month globally. Aside from each of us just trying to make it on our own, there were times of communal progress where we could at least all agree that we were hungry and wanted something to eat. At these times we would…
‘polygamy’ is Googled approximately 300,000 times per month globally. My first few months in Yaoundé were a lot like my first few months at the Academy. I was totally unfamiliar with the culture of the city and my social learning curve made it difficult to initially make friends or gain…
‘rich uncle’ is Googled approximately 6,000 times per month globally. Not knowing the conditions under which I would be forced to survive as my living arrangement in the city had not exactly been settled beforehand, I was hesitant to make haste toward what would be my new home for an…
‘driving in africa’ is Googled approximately 22,000 times per month globally. Wrecks were common in Cameroon and there was no such thing as a simple fender bender. Every wreck is a tragedy, and a direct result of the overall craziness that characterizes a toxic mix of modernity and stupidity. In…
