black - Tales of Tyre-racing, Makis and M'zungus.

6 octobre 2014

Salon du Tourisme

A few photos from the Salon du Tourisme which took place this weekend. Mayotte is involoved in several programs such as the Vanilla Islands Program, there's one about the Indian Ocean as well... the general idea is to try and convince tourists that Mayotte...

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Tags: department, france, indian ocean, mayotte, black, holiday, white, salon, french, mahorese, european, comoros, tourism, tourist, referendum, yes

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8 septembre 2014

The beginning of the end: my last back-to-school rush in Mayotte.

School started again on August 25th. In Mayotte, the teaching profession has one of the highest turnovers I've ever seen. This year, only three new colleagues joined the English-teaching ranks in my school. Two had been teaching in various lycées before...

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Tags: mayotte, black, class, pupils, school, teacher, white, table, students, computer, back to school, european, board, chair, classroom, videoprojector

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14 juillet 2014

Hiking around Saziley

Sunday was a rather hectic day. First, it was the day two of the musicians from the Blue Mango were leaving Mayotte, one forever, the other for a holiday. The one who was leaving forever hadn't been able to come to our last going-away party and I had...

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Tags: island, mayotte, food, water, black, white, beach, sand, friend, walk, stones, hike, saziley

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14 février 2013

Hot Blushes

I started drama lessons with the kids this afternoon. The first task was an improvisation sketch in small groups: you have just received an anonymous Valentine's card. How do you react? One girl beckoned me over and said: "Miss, I can't do this." "Why...

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Tags: black, school, white, students, valentine, kids, blush, drama, improvisation, theatre, red

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22 octobre 2012

Turtling

We've had friends from France over this week. This is the first time people have come into my flat to stay, but everything went well. After taking them to a beach near our flat for starters, we went to N'Gouja beach to go turtle-hunting. N'Gouja is about...

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Tags: mayotte, green, black, barrier, coral, beach, sea, friend, swim, turtle, hawksbill, moya, ngouja, seagrass

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24 août 2011

School has started.

School started today, with the teachers getting together and meeting the heads. Quite an exotic-looking school, with coconut trees and banana trees growing in the playgrounds. The rooms themselves are pretty run-down, with flaking paint, windows that...

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Tags: mamoudzou, clothes, kishali, salouva, black, canteen, class, holiday, kawéni, mzungu, pupils, school, teacher

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