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  • 15. Liming – On the Edge
  • 15. Liming – St Vincent and Bequia
  • 15. Liming – The Emerald Isle
  • 15. Liming – Bathsheba
  • 15. Liming – Settling
  • 16. Sand in the Sandwiches
  • 17. Airplanes
  • Acknowledgements

Monthly Archives: July 2016

Oware – Kumasi and its culture

The project I was working on at the time was trying to see how people who lived neither in the heart of the city, nor in the true countryside, but in the fast expanding twilight zone in between, w…

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Posted on July 31, 2016 by Alan Mills. Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Oware – a transect of Kumasi

The stay in the BC would often be less than twenty minutes, but it was enough.  I would be happy coming down the stairs of the office, passing by the entrance to the BC library below and back to t…

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Posted on July 30, 2016 by Alan Mills. Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Oware – an oasis of Britain

I talk often at the number of chance occurrences that have happened during my time abroad; one day you are contemplating passing another weekend with a good book or more work, when someone turns u…

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Posted on July 29, 2016 by Alan Mills. Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Oware – a tapestry of daily life

 

Ada and Kwaru were sometimes pests, sometimes amusing.  We would sit and chat.  Every morning, the routine was the same, I would rise and shower, and come into the kitchen area to make a cup of co…

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Posted on July 28, 2016 by Alan Mills. Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Oware – sizing up the competition

I watched a few games and then felt confident enough to play against Kojo.  I tried to think things through, but was too inexperienced to remember all the catching techniques and lost heavily.  I …

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Posted on July 27, 2016 by Alan Mills. Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Oware – Learning to play

Kojo and the guy played a game.  It was now pouring down with rain and the seller was not planning to go anywhere until the storm had moved on.  They placed four beans in each of the cups and Kojo…

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Posted on July 26, 2016 by Alan Mills. Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Oware – the ups and downs of haggling

I thought that would be the last I saw of this guy, but two nights later, I was out on the veranda watching the rain tipple down as usual, and he came out of the gloom into the hut.  The guard had…

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Posted on July 25, 2016 by Alan Mills. Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Oware – Perusing the wares

 

A man in a traditional gown stood outside the door with a massive carpet bag.  He wore a small taqiyah which crowned a withered face.  He was a travelling salesman.  I was not in the best of moods…

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Posted on July 23, 2016 by Alan Mills. Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Oware – The Knock on the Door

So on life went.  I got up, I ate a simple breakfast of bread and jam and instant coffee mixed with Nido.  They eventually got a Land Rover to take me to work, so I waited for that and some of the…

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Posted on July 22, 2016 by Alan Mills. Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Oware – Picking up the Detail

Occasionally other visitors would pass through and I would crave their company for a few hours in the evening.  One man I particularly remember was a freelance development consultant who did a lot…

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Posted on July 21, 2016 by Alan Mills. Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

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