HAPPY THANKSGIVING ONE AND ALL Our first Thanksgiving Day in Malawi was a low point for me. I was so homesick. I worked, of course. We planned a chicken...
How would you say "Is that your final answer" in Chichewa? I suppose you could just say, "Basi?". Someone said "Gogodera chiyani?", but this doesn't sound...
I hope you all are having a safe and Happy New Year. I just thought you all might be intersted in this sad information and take a moment to include the...
Christine, Do you have any insight or insider info on the National Summit of Africa that's happening in Feb? I am really interested in attending but the ...
Hello Everyone! I hope you are all doing fine and in good health, despite the winter blahs and flu bugs going around! Are any of you familiar with the...
This is something that one of my co-workers put together of all the coverage right now on this issue. Security Council Addresses AIDS in Africa 1. Yahoo!News:...
One more email from me and then I'll stop bothering y'all for today. The Washington Post ran an incredible, albeit radically depressing, article on Sierra...
Hello! Happy new year! Hope everybody is doing well! This message is for the folks in Albequerque, NM: I've decided to leave leafy, rainy New England for New...
John jst left Bamako, and while slleping his wallet fell out of his pocket. The airport police found it and I will pick it up tomorrow. If anyone can get a...
No news today, but at Kym's request, I thought I would send out the URLs for several websites about hoaxes and junk emails. They're very useful for finding...
Hey everyone! Rand, Kate Ryan, and I will be in Boston for MLK weekend (14-17 of January). We'll be hangin' at Kym's house, and there will be a gaterhing...
Hi Everyone, I just wanted to inform any of you who knew Quinton Jamieson during your stay in Malawi of the birth of his new daughter. Manon was born on the...
FWD>Moon Sighting of the Century... Please pass to those you know ... Date: 12/20/99 2:28 PM From: Gene Neill To All - Look to the skies on Dec. 22, 1999! Once...
16 December 1999 Dear Ujeni folks, After 41 days of disconnection, caused by a faulty modem, exacerbated by lack of funds for repair, we have returned to the...
I thought some of you might be interested in the attached report by The POLICY Project on the economic impact of AIDS in Malawi. A few interesting estimates: ...
Reply to: Update from Bamako As some of you know, I was in DC for the Foreign Service Oral Assessment. This time around I did not pass. It seems that it is...
If any of you get the TRAVEL channel on TV a program we saw about Malawi will be repeated on Sunday. It is somewhat of an inane travel piece but also good in...
Anyone know a good name for an iwe? Right now we're just calling it the Tiny E. Please help the nominally challenged before July 3rd. Deb, Rand and Other...
Hey Christine, Thanks a lot for giving us a peek at what we're missing Saturday night. Cathy and I, however, will be supping in Snelling (Pop. 300) Saturday at...
this is a firsthand account of the seattle protests from a really good college buddy of mine. he's a great guy whom i love and respect a ton, and has...
CHANGE O' PLANS I just called Zanzibar (luckily a local call) and found out they are fully (and they mean fully, a couple parties of 150) booked for Sat night...
We do get some strange requests here at the Africa Bureau Information Center. Anyone out there with language expertise care to take a stab at this question? ...
Reply to: RE>[ujeni] I had a great comment, but I don't think I could afford the penance... ... Date: 12/7/99 2:07 AM To: Custodian From: ujeni@onelist.com...
Damn, I knew I forgot something. Zanzibar is at 700 Water St SW in DC. Also, there's a free concert at the African art museum that day at 2pm. I went to the...