My Traditional Malawian Wedding (Final Post)
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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Top 15: The Music Playlist of My Service
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 […]
Money in Malawi: the Malawi Kwacha
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 […]
Meet the future Mrs. Maskell!
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 […]
On Women’s Empowerment in Malawi
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 […]
Laughing Online in Different Languages
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 […]
Evacuation: floods devastate Malawi
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 […]
Top 10: Reasons I Joined the Peace Corps
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 […]
Malawi Music Project (Part 2, Pictures)
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 […]
Malawi Music Project
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) […]
Sapitwa, Mount Mulanje (Pictures)
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 […]
Top 10: Things I Say Alot in Malawi
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 […]
Upbuilding Links 6
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 […]
Find Peace Corps Malawi on Facebook!
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 […]
My Malawian House (Pictures)
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 […]
