COME, COME IN. WELCOME TO MY HOME ON UN DRIVE. This salmon coloured sofa is what I most like about my lounge, as well as…
Tag: Liberia
TRIP TO BUCHANAN (6) of (6) LAST DAY IN BUCHANAN
Sometimes we think ahead and this time, before going to the best beach in Buchanan, we head to the “restaurant” owned by the Lebanese man…
TRIP TO BUCHANAN (5) of (6) THIS BAR IS FOR ME!
FEAR IN BLACK AND WHITE. Some people have started leaving the bar, forming a scary, irregular line. “This bar is mine and I want to…
TRIP TO BUCHANAN (4) of (6) NIGHT LIFE IN BUCHANAN!
VICTOR, ANESA AND I TAKE UP THE CENTRE OF THE ROOM AT BLACK AND WHITE FORMING A TRIANGLE. We start dancing with energy. Here, in…
TRIP TO BUCHANAN (3) of (6) WOULD YOU KNOW MY NAME, IF YOU SAW ME IN HEAVEN?
There’s a certain military feel to the air, and people who come and go, smiling all over the place. To be exact, we are in…
TRIP TO BUCHANAN (2) of (6) EXPLORING THE CAPITAL OF GRAND BASSA
“NO. IT’S NOT MALARIA,” said Drazen, dripping, “it’s something else. Something cold that gets in your bones.” Only the food, which finally arrived in the…
TRIP TO BUCHANAN (1) of (6) LEAVING MONROVIA MAN!
“BECAUSE IF NOT, I’LL DIE”. Sitting at a round, plastic table. We drink some Club Beers. Our pupils dilate and take on the form of…
RECALLING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN LIBERIA (5 of 5) ELLEN OR WEAH?
THE GATES WERE CLOSING AT THE POLLING STATION SET UP AT WATERSIDE, BUT WE MANAGED TO SKILFULLY FIND OUR WAY IN. It was still light,…
RECALLING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN LIBERIA (4 of 5) “IMMORTAL ENERGY IN MONROVIA”
ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF MONROVIA, LIBERIA. IN THE MIDDLE OF DEPRIVATION AND AN IMMORTAL ENERGY, we get out the Toyotas Prado and make our way…
RECALLING THE PRESIDENTAIL ELECTIONS IN LIBERIA (3 of 5) “BOMI WANTS TO VOTE”
Ingrid still had not recovered and she was lying down, her body paralysed into a triangular shape and submerged in a deep dream or horrible…