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My Traditional Malawian Wedding (Final Post)

August 11, 2016by maske1ka 2 Comments

This is my final post! My service ended on April 21, 2016. I lived with my then-fiancée Emma in Blantyre City until we finally received her K-1 visa from the […]

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Adventure, Life, Malawi, Peace Corps

Top 15: The Music Playlist of My Service

March 2, 2016by maske1ka Leave a comment

Ahhh, music. Kick off your shoes, grab a cold one and shake dat groove thang. 1. Busy Signal – Dreams of Brighter Days 2. Ric Hassani – Dance Dance Baby […]

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Culture, Life, Malawi, Music, Musings, Top 10

Money in Malawi: the Malawi Kwacha

December 13, 2015by maske1ka 4 Comments

Monetary economics, international Forex and finance have always fascinated me. Modes of production and exchange are fundamentally linked to the human condition. Money is a social construct and thus a […]

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Culture, Life, Malawi, Poverty

Meet the future Mrs. Maskell!

November 4, 2015by maske1ka 3 Comments

The Third Goal of the Peace Corps promotes helping Americans understand the people and cultures of other countries. Though certainly not my intention, what better way to promote Americans’ understanding […]

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Culture, Life, Malawi

On Women’s Empowerment in Malawi

October 11, 2015by maske1ka Leave a comment

To celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child today, I wrote this short narrative to give you a glimpse of what life for a young lady is like in […]

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Culture, Life, Malawi, Musings

Laughing Online in Different Languages

May 11, 2015by maske1ka Leave a comment

It’s been awhile since I’ve wrote. I feel I need to clear the air. I unfortunately and accidentally deleted about eight articles I was working on from my phone. I […]

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Culture, Malawi

Evacuation: floods devastate Malawi

January 30, 2015by maske1ka 2 Comments

By many accounts, the late summer torrential rains that have flooded many parts of Malawi leaving thousands displaced without shelter, food and loved ones have been unprecedented in terms of […]

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Environment, Life, Malawi, Nsanje, Peace Corps

Top 10: Reasons I Joined the Peace Corps

January 13, 2015by maske1ka 2 Comments

In no particular order… Foreign Policy Anybody that knows me knows I enjoy reading the American Constitution, researching current events in international news and studying geography. If I was to […]

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Adventure, Top 10

Malawi Music Project (Part 2, Pictures)

December 17, 2014by maske1ka Leave a comment

Me and nine other Volunteers are now three days into the Malawi Music Project! Here are some pictures from the week so far. Enjoy! To learn more about the Malawi […]

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Culture, Music, Pictures

Malawi Music Project

December 13, 2014by maske1ka 1 Comment

This week I help in coordinating a camp held in Malawi’s capital call the Malawi Music Project. Malawi Music Project Facebook Music Crossroads (partner organization) The Malawi Music Project (MMP) […]

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Culture, Music, Peace Corps

Sapitwa, Mount Mulanje (Pictures)

December 1, 2014by maske1ka Leave a comment

A few cronies and I climbed to the top of Malawi’s highest peak named Sapitwa which is located on Mount Mulanje in Malawi’s southern region. At 9,852 feet, the climb […]

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Adventure, Environment, Pictures

Top 10: Things I Say Alot in Malawi

November 20, 2014by maske1ka Leave a comment

    This is a new series because top 10s are all the rage. Having been in Malawi for almost nine months, I have become comfortable with how to negotiate […]

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Culture, Malawi, Top 10

Upbuilding Links 6

November 18, 2014by maske1ka Leave a comment

Mishandling Rape Liberal Feminists, Stop Smearing Critics As Rape Apologists Chinese Citizens Gather In Beijing Square To Watch U.S. National Debt Clock Strike $18 Trillion FGM: Images of female circumcision […]

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Find Peace Corps Malawi on Facebook!

November 10, 2014by maske1ka Leave a comment

In an effort to highlight the work Volunteers are doing around the world, Peace Corps Headquarters in Washington D.C. has began to let individual posts feature initiatives via Facebook. As […]

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Malawi, Peace Corps

My Malawian House (Pictures)

November 7, 2014by maske1ka 1 Comment

I’ve been here for eight months and realized I haven’t given a tour of my house. Come with me as we do this MTV Cribs, Malawian style. This is the […]

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Life, Nsanje, Peace Corps, Pictures

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About Me My name is Keith Maskell and this journal covers my 27-month sojourn to the “Warm Heart of Africa” in Malawi as a Peace Corps Environment Volunteer.
March 2014 - June 2016.

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