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A great wrong is being done to an entire food culture when indigenous Nigerien foods are referred to as “famine food”, just because the West does not know them. When Hilary Andersson of the BBC came to Niger in 2004-05, her team filmed people eating leaves, and Ms Anderson concluded in her reports that they […]
It was a beautiful day. The coffin was beautifully white. The flowers were just right - her colors. The songs were amazing - impressively performed, touching and different. But most of all, her statement was made. She would have been happy.
It was a special day. There was no pain in watching her coffin go down […]
Today, I reread some old posts as I was moving them over from Ishtar News. One of them was Trusting the impossible. Here is an excerpt:
My mother and I, Cyprus 1983
…Now, that little voice I was talking about two posts ago has been proclaiming lately that her time is up and that from now on, […]
I went to see my mother today for the first time since I left for Niger, but she was not there. So petite, so beautifully clad, so nicely embedded. But it was not her. My heart cried out to God afterwards. I don’t know what I said, because it was in a language that […]
It is nearly morning and I am just back at the hotel, after having seen the very first (complete) preview of the TV2 documentary about the Niger “famine” in 2005. I really liked it (what a complex piece of work!) and it will be interesting to see how people respond to it. Mostly when we […]
After a very painful night with no sleep, my mother was finally brought to hospital early yesterday morning by ambulance. My sister and I joined her a few hours later and stayed until reception hours were over; having a very good time together.
I have decided to stay off work for some time, even though I […]
My mother and I, Cyprus 1983
Once again, I don’t exactly know what to say, but the difference between tonight and two posts ago is that this time, I’m not feeling down. Things have been looking very gloomy indeed and my mother is getting weaker by the day. Today, she could hardly walk and her body […]
I never thought that baring one’s soul and facing one’s worst fears could be so exhaustive, but it certainly is. Last time things got bad - when this whole journey started in January 2005 and my mom was evacuated from Niger - I reacted by going into shock when the whole thing was over and […]
I am heartbroken.
We were informed last night that my mother’s cancer has returned, and what seemed to be a somewhat stable situation has been shredded to pieces in a fortnight.
Tears are flowing constantly, but I do not expect them to stop. I love my mother so much.
I lift my head high and seek the Lord, […]
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