Archive for September, 2010
Mali’s 50th anniversary of independence
Planes forced the crowd to duck, streaking over the sweaty water sellers and boiling pans of oil, kids up trees and soldiers stomping down the boulevards.
Bamako, charity and rubber stamps
The London flat is filling with bags again – fat, stretched holdalls packed with pencils, pens and games. Straps are wrapped around the stacks of football shirts and baby clothes waiting for the flight. We leave Saturday.
In Bamako the rain is still sheeting down, running eight inches deep down the street where we are staying [...]