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9 mars 2015

The Nutrition Transition

A rather interesting article turned up in the newspaper this week. Mayotte has been in the middle of a nutritional transition (poetically put) for quite a few years now. From not having enough to eat and suffering from various lacks and deficiencies,...

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Tags: mayotte, cassava, food, water, chicken wings, rice, supermarket, coconut, oil, beef, diabetes, fat, sugar, nutrition, cholesterol, malnourished, obesity, overweight, pregnancy, underweight

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24 février 2014

Put it on your head.

A series of rather interesting postcards has been released recently. They're all drawings of scenes in Mayotte. My favourite is the one above, as it's a mixture of two scenes I come across very regularly. Scooters here aren't just a quick way of getting...

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Tags: mayotte, ladies, postcard, scooter, supermarket, shop, boueni, balance, street, head

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3 février 2014

Total Jumbo Strike

There are two big strikes going on at the moment. And being Mayotte, where nothing really ever goes as planned, they're both worth a mention. The first - and bigger - is the Total strike. Total is the one and only petrol provider in Mayotte, the group...

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Tags: france, mayotte, car, petrol, strike, supermarket, decree, job, jumbo, queue, reform, score, total, victorin lurel

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2 décembre 2013

On the Art of Little Pots

In Mayotte, one of the most useful things you can buy in the local supermarket is a Tupperware (or similar) container. Here, the brand is Eda, so they're Eda containers. They come in all shapes and sizes and are absolutely wonderful. The reason for this...

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Tags: food, rice, supermarket, pasta, sugar, cockroach, flour, fridge, insect, spices, tupperware, weevil

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21 mai 2012

Hot country, cold chain.

This singularly appetizing photo is of several cardboard boxes of mabawas - chicken wings again. What the photo doesn't show is the large yellow and red sign just above the food, saying "DO NOT OPEN THE BOXES". Written in French, which most people here...

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Tags: mayotte, box, food, chicken wings, supermarket, beef, cold chain, shopping list

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22 octobre 2011

Sans Queue Ni Tête

A rather eventful morning today, because as it’s been fairly calm for the last 24 hours, I wanted to see if the supermarkets had reopened. Unprepared as always, I saw a great long queue in front of the local Sodifram and decided to join the fray. Again,...

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Tags: rice, strike, supermarket, pasta, quiet, security, shop, sodifram, toilet paper, watermelon

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20 octobre 2011

Opting out

Mad at CRS riot police. This morning, while setting off for school, a colleague rang to say that he'd heard that there weren't any lessons today. Once there, some said that lessons should continue as normal - public service - whereas others said that...

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Tags: mzungu, school, strike, supermarket, death, demonstrator, injury, lesson, opt out, ransack, riot, white

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18 octobre 2011

The Gold Rush

Things have been a little complicated recently. First, the strikes started because of the cost of living here. For example : 4.20€ for a 1kg packet of rice, 2.83€ for three large potatoes and 3.50€ for a packet of butter. "Essential" products here are...

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Tags: mayotte, food, mzungu, pupils, butter, chicken wings, cost, dustbin, gas, hunger, living, mabawas, rice, strike, supermarket

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