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kalime and his mom in the village where he grew up - aren't they the cutest thing ever? his mom has no money but wanted to welcome me, so she cooked for us and gave me a kilo of sesame from her field as a gift to take back home.
kalime and his baba. he can't hear very well but he communicated with me pretty well with sign language, holding up a confident fist of power every time he saw me approaching the compound. i love how here a son can hold his father like this and not be scared that someone will think he's fruity. love should be expressed however it comes to you, right?
swimming in the river near kalime's house. cows just upstream threaten giardia, but who cares? :) sorry mom, shaved my head again. c'mon, isn't is just a little cute?
these kids are all kalime's nieces and nephews. we did a song exchange in which they sang a local song and then i sang them "africa unite". ("africa unite! cuz we're movin right out of babylon." one of my favorite songs) unfortunately they don't speak english, only fulfulde, so they didn't get the message to move right out of babylon quite. they just might have found zion on their own, tho.
October 11 2007, 13:43:05 UTC 4 years ago
Boys!
That is a lot of boys!! I counted 21 kids there and only 4 maybe 5 girls.October 28 2007, 11:24:32 UTC 4 years ago
Re: Boys!
yeah, there are actually a lot of girls who weren't there (perhaps they were washing dishes) when we took the picturesAnonymous
October 28 2007, 11:26:47 UTC 4 years ago
Re: Boys!
and actually there are 7 girls in the picture - harder to tell for americans since they like to keep their hair short when they're young.October 11 2007, 18:06:20 UTC 4 years ago
Giardia Shwiggie?? Ew.... Dont put your face in..
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October 11 2007, 20:47:17 UTC 4 years ago
I'm sorry, I don't remember your relation to Kalime--but boy, is he gorgeous. I don't just mean good-looking--I mean he just radiates kindness and joy.
Which is a lot for me to assume from a few photos, but that's my impression.
October 28 2007, 11:31:40 UTC 4 years ago
October 11 2007, 21:07:50 UTC 4 years ago
Kalime is beautiful.
The satisfaction one gets from swimming in the river far outweighs the risks, I say.
Thank you for posting those!
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I am sick with a horrible cold and am taking the time to catch up on your LJ very belatedly. And I'm reading in chronological order, so I don't know what's coming next, so don't tell me until I get there, k? :-) These photos are priceless. They are so beautiful, so radiant. All those kids...all those generations, together...man oh man. I think we are missing out on something vital, here in the US...I think we have lost something that Cameroon has hung onto...but that's not news. Anyway, I'm really curious about you and Kalime and what's up with that and all, but I don't want to be overly nosy, so I will just, uh, read on! :-)