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Shopping for deep sea fish in Cotonou

Last week, I decided that I absolutely needed a hunk of fresh tuna. Never mind that I had no idea how to go about buying tuna. I had to have it. In Cotonou, salt water fish are bought fresh off the … Continue reading

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Cotonou’s flooded again. Just like every rainy season.

[Photo credits: me and Bertrand, from the roof of our building. More flooding in Cotonou on flickr.]  

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Starting Pink BENIN, a Beninese charity (subtitled, “Why Theresa doesn’t have spare time anymore, not like she ever did”)

I’ve mentioned Pink BENIN and the work we do briefly here, in emails, and on Twitter, but I haven’t really gone into a lot of detail about what’s become a huge part of my life. How Pink BENIN got started … Continue reading

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