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I was in Burkina Faso, which ranks 174 out of 177 on the UN's developing nations index. It's about as poor as a country can be but it was magical enough that a unicorn wouldn't seem out of place. Recently it's as if Africa is just a big place where bad news comes from, a vast disaster area. We are encouraged to engage with it out of guilt or pity and I had only prepared myself for the downside. I really wasn't ready for the devastating beauty of the place.
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Say a Little Prayer
My shadow was a tiny slippery puddle at my feet; the sun directly overhead and absolute. I had to crane my head right back to see it, not that you had to see it to know where it was. Free from the familiar...
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