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My blog is about Africa. It is also about the Middle East and life in general, reflecting over 30 years of work and study in Africa and the Middle East – Come and join me!
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- Burundi Song and Dance at The Hotel Club du Lac and Beyond
- More Adventures of Mungo Park, Who Describes Hunger Crops in the Western Sahel, 1797
- Mungo Park Discovers a Toll Bridge made of Bamboo in the Western Sahel, 1797
- A Grassy Trend in Human Ancestors’ Diets
- Would you have liked to live here, at Kropfenstein medieval cave castle?
- Slogging through Europe in WWii: Rommel’s Widow, Night-Time Charley, Combat & Fire-Storms – and After the War: “Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres”
- May Day, Burundi-Style: A Parade, then Food, Drink and Fun
- Ethnobotanical knowledge of indigenous fruits in Northern Namibia
- Agricultural Innovation: The United States in a Changing Global Reality
- Petit Boy-Boy (Kittie) Goes Big-Time on LOL Cats (Maybe…)
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INUMPU – Burundi’s Indigenous Potatoes and A Recipe
Updated 17-11-2012 With growing interest in promoting crops that can withstand climatic changes, INUMPU – a native potato in sub-Saharan Africa – is one local crop that needs to be promoted – along with leafy amaranth, which I blogged about … Continue reading

























