It's been an inexcusably long time since my last post, and I'm sad to report that it will be a while until my next one! With Easter coming up and Cameroonian schools closing for 2 weeks, YAN will be on a temporary hiatus, and Clara and I will be pausing in our blog posts for a little while. But we'll be back in April with more stories, photos, and (soon!) videos of our classes in Cameroon and our wonderful students, as they finish their projects and as we finish our year here. So, from us to ...
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Friday—March 8—marked International Women’s Day, an event that occurs worldwide to honor and bring special attention to the hard work of women. In Cameroon, International Women’s Day is a national holiday, so schools and offices were closed across the country, and events were held in each town to recognize women. In Buea, Women’s Day is an occasion for a “March Past”—quite literally, a militaristic march past a bandstand full of dignitaries. It was to be th...

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I’m sitting on the porch this morning and looking up (as usual) at the summit of our magnificent mountain, which today is visible above a ring of clouds hovering at its base. It’s drizzling out—not a good sign for the impending rainy season—and it’s also surprisingly cold. Many people imagine West Africa as place with sweltering rainforests, and they wouldn’t be wrong. Just yesterday, I was trekking in Limbe through a mangrove forest, where the humidity and the temper...

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