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Of Pidgin & AdSense

{ Posted on May 25 2008 by Bill Zimmerman }
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This list comes from a recent Gmail exchange with a Cameroonian friend that was conducted entirely in Pidgin English. If I were to guess, I'd say that AdSense's semantic analysis got hung up on the monosyllabic Pidgin words in ...Read More »

When iPods Fail

{ Posted on May 11 2008 by Bill Zimmerman }
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Having ready access to music, I’ve found, is key to weathering any number of trials in Cameroon. Over the last two years my trusty iPod has performed faithfully and helped me to maintain a measure of sanity through the ...Read More »

Colin MacNeill’s Amazing Ride

{ Posted on Oct 31 2007 by Bill Zimmerman }
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Last week I received a text message from a friend in Mamfé that an Irishman cycling through Africa was on his way to Buea. They indicated that he might arrive tomorrow. I made a mental note of this and dusted-off ...Read More »

Blues Scholar

{ Posted on Apr 24 2007 by Bill Zimmerman }
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Roland Boula is the sole resident and caretaker of Madison Park, a swath of beachfront property hacked from the lush green coast of Batoke, a small fishing village some kilometers outside of Limbe. Batoke typically goes unnoticed to the ...Read More »

The Myth of Integration

{ Posted on Feb 19 2007 by Bill Zimmerman }
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In the foreword to Margaret Mead’s ground-breaking and controversial first book Coming of Age in Samoa, her advisor, Franz Boas, wrote that: Courtesy, modesty, good manners and conformity to definite ethical standards are universal, but what constitutes courtesy, modesty, very good ...Read More »
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