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Comfort Blankets or The Things We Tell Ourselves to Make It Alright

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Sam Pearce

N.B. We are finally back in Liberia but before I get back to documenting the Africa Clockwise trek, here’s a missing blog, first drafted in July/August 2015. Snapshots of the South Peninsula # 3: Ocean View In this southern hemisphere … Continue reading →

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Mark Sampson’s ‘Deep South Tour’ starts tomorrow!

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Sam Pearce

In July 2013 comedian Mark Sampson left Cape Town to go AFRICA CLOCKWISE: drive clockwise around the continent with his family in their Big Green Truck which runs on waste vegetable oil – that they collect themselves en route – … Continue reading →

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Father’s Day

Posted on July 10, 2015 by Sam Pearce

Snapshots of the South Peninsula #2: Masiphumelele After a decade of Mom’s DIY efforts, one of Zola’s 11th birthday presents was his first professional hairdressing experience. On the advice of my eMzantsi colleague Yandiswa, I took him one afternoon to … Continue reading →

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This One’s For Joe

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Sam Pearce

Snapshots of the South Peninsula #1: Fish Hoek I’m loving walking on Fish Hoek beach every day, further and at a faster pace than the Liberian climate will allow. I love witnessing the ebb and flow of the tides, the … Continue reading →

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After the Fires

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Sam Pearce

This has been one of the most difficult blogs to write since we left. The return to South Africa has had me so conflicted, putting me through a washing machine of emotions on spin, thrown between joy and despair and … Continue reading →

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