Capital Radio
...This is why I'm hot, you ain't cause you not. This is why, this is why, this is why I'm hot...
Ola sits on a wooden bench with a bowl of short stubby green okra, cutting each one lengthwise into fourths and then slicing the fourths. She wears a blue gown, along with a black knit cap to ward of the morning chill as she sits on the gradually brightening back porch. The sun peaks over the neighbor's house, illuminating the lines of laundry behind the house with long shadowy light. Musa sits by the water gently spraying from the pipe coming down from the concrete tank just visible between the trees and houses up the hill.
...Good morning from Capital Radio FM. It's twenty minutes past seven and 24 degrees....
As the first bucket nearly overflows, he picks it up and quickly pours it into the larger yellow water jug before returning it to its position beside the leaking 12 inch pipe.
...the Israeli army used heavy artillery yesterday as the ongoing conflict escalates....
Musa lifts the water containers and carries them back onto the porch and into the house. Aunt Jennie peaks her head out on the porch with a "How di bodi?"before going to the washroom for a morning bath. The house has interior plumbing, but it is no longer functional. All the water must be carried into the house.
...Preparations for the Day of the African Child this Saturday continue in earnest...
Moses carefully presses Aunt Jennie's army uniform with a still smoking iron fresh with coals. He flips it over, avoiding the stripes of the Lieutenant Colonel before creasing the sleeves. Jeff asks me if we iron in the US. I say we do but we have electric ones that plug into the wall, trying to explain the difference. He goes into the house and returns with an electric iron saying "lights no work so we don't use it anymore." He points to a rusted electrical box mounted above the door.
...Switch to the Bomba plan with international texts only 10 units each. Celtel Communications...
A shirtless Joshua walks onto the porch from his room, which is covered with posters of American hip-hop stars. He goes into the house and returns with a cup of steaming tea for me. He goes to selects a shirt for the day from the laundry line and waits for Moses to finish ironing the uniform. Joshua has to hurry, as he is working this week building a Celtel communications tower. He'll make 30,000 Le for a week of work. I help him pour some cassava and sugar into a plastic bag for lunch.
...the BBC reports that British football star David Beckham is rumored to be reconsidering his move in the United States. The LA Galaxy manager says he has received no such word from Beckham or his representatives...
Musa walks back out with a steaming cup of tea and a bowl of crin-crin rice leftover from yesterday. Moses brings a similar bowl out; he and Joshua devour the rice with large spoons.
... mosque in Iraq was attacked early this morning, destroying the remaining minarets. Casualties are not known...
Now dressed in her freshly ironed military uniform, Aunt Jennie says goodbye to Ola and Joshua, telling him to be careful while building the cell tower. She waves to me and then joins the parade of uniformed school children and military personnel walking on the road behind the house.
...the problem is all inside your head she said to me. the answer is easy if you take it logically. I'd like to help you with your struggle to be free. There must be fifty ways to leave your lover...
Ola sits on a wooden bench with a bowl of short stubby green okra, cutting each one lengthwise into fourths and then slicing the fourths. She wears a blue gown, along with a black knit cap to ward of the morning chill as she sits on the gradually brightening back porch. The sun peaks over the neighbor's house, illuminating the lines of laundry behind the house with long shadowy light. Musa sits by the water gently spraying from the pipe coming down from the concrete tank just visible between the trees and houses up the hill.
...Good morning from Capital Radio FM. It's twenty minutes past seven and 24 degrees....
As the first bucket nearly overflows, he picks it up and quickly pours it into the larger yellow water jug before returning it to its position beside the leaking 12 inch pipe.
...the Israeli army used heavy artillery yesterday as the ongoing conflict escalates....
Musa lifts the water containers and carries them back onto the porch and into the house. Aunt Jennie peaks her head out on the porch with a "How di bodi?"before going to the washroom for a morning bath. The house has interior plumbing, but it is no longer functional. All the water must be carried into the house.
...Preparations for the Day of the African Child this Saturday continue in earnest...
Moses carefully presses Aunt Jennie's army uniform with a still smoking iron fresh with coals. He flips it over, avoiding the stripes of the Lieutenant Colonel before creasing the sleeves. Jeff asks me if we iron in the US. I say we do but we have electric ones that plug into the wall, trying to explain the difference. He goes into the house and returns with an electric iron saying "lights no work so we don't use it anymore." He points to a rusted electrical box mounted above the door.
...Switch to the Bomba plan with international texts only 10 units each. Celtel Communications...
A shirtless Joshua walks onto the porch from his room, which is covered with posters of American hip-hop stars. He goes into the house and returns with a cup of steaming tea for me. He goes to selects a shirt for the day from the laundry line and waits for Moses to finish ironing the uniform. Joshua has to hurry, as he is working this week building a Celtel communications tower. He'll make 30,000 Le for a week of work. I help him pour some cassava and sugar into a plastic bag for lunch.
...the BBC reports that British football star David Beckham is rumored to be reconsidering his move in the United States. The LA Galaxy manager says he has received no such word from Beckham or his representatives...
Musa walks back out with a steaming cup of tea and a bowl of crin-crin rice leftover from yesterday. Moses brings a similar bowl out; he and Joshua devour the rice with large spoons.
... mosque in Iraq was attacked early this morning, destroying the remaining minarets. Casualties are not known...
Now dressed in her freshly ironed military uniform, Aunt Jennie says goodbye to Ola and Joshua, telling him to be careful while building the cell tower. She waves to me and then joins the parade of uniformed school children and military personnel walking on the road behind the house.
...the problem is all inside your head she said to me. the answer is easy if you take it logically. I'd like to help you with your struggle to be free. There must be fifty ways to leave your lover...
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