Pocket Depth and Premature Deaths
When I was five or six I wanted to be U Thant. The bespectacled Secretary General of the United Nations…
You couldn’t make it up.
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The wife with the golden nib
In parts of the polygamy belt of West Africa, a wife helps her husband find a new wife. The incumbent…
A Lament for No one’s children
No one’s children died the envoy implies meaning the children of no one he knows died When the truth is…
The Shrine tells a Human Tale
In a drizzle, a greedy crow pecked at the lawn for the larvae of chafer beetles. It was Monday. As…
Heart of Darkness
Walcott’s message: A riposte to Conrad: The Heart of Darkness is a far cry from Africa
The Friendly Games
Dear Mother Country, mummy may I tweak your ear about the Friendly Games. One afternoon, sweltering under a forensic geologist’s…
Putinosis: misunderstood and persecuted.
Putinosis is an incurable condition which afflicts so-called strong leaders. Early signs of the disease are seen in well heeled…
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