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Posted on 05 April 2009 by Codrin Arsene

Picture taken at a local school in Hamakuya region in South Africa

I know it’s been a while since I last wrote on this website. I’m bakcnow. I had some problems with my old server and unfortunately most articles were lost. Now I have my own server where I will host both my websites, “A Romanian in Africa” and “African Politics Portal.” I will start writing more. There are so many things I want to share with you regarding my last 4 months in Southern Africa. There are also more things to be told regarding my previous stay in East Africa. I will be back to Tanzania in June when I will start my work with a local organization. Until then I plan on writing about all the important events, experiences, encounters that I had in the last year and that are Africa-related.

So stay tuned.

Codrin Arsene

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1 Comments For This Post

Mirtha Barrera Says:
January 17th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Your blog is excellent. I m gonna read all, thank you.

Awesome quote of the day

I’m going through my research material from Uganda as I’m preparing to write my masters thesis. I just came across one of the most hilarious quotes on my tapes. Check this out (it’s by a woman craft maker):

A man who speaks and gives orders is that who has money to meet the needs of his wife. But if a man cannot fulfill those duties, then he is not a man after all, right? He’s just a nagging woman with a penis.

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This Vanguard reportage deserves to be seen.

I don’t normally post things that are not Africa-related but this young man from Taiwan is simply amazing. Lin Yu Chun participated in a Taiwanese version of the American Idol called Super Star Avenue, singing the song I will always love you by Whitney Houston. I’ll keep it short: his version of the song is clearly better than what Mrs. Houston is capable of singing right now. Some dubbed him the “Susan Boyle of Taiwan” and there might just be something of this young man. Check it out yourselves. I’m sure you’ll be surprised as well.

To all of us who have experienced the adventure that is a boda-boda (motorcycle-taxi in East Africa, primarily in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and DR Congo)