The fifth article in a series of travel/diary pieces I wrote while living and working in Niger, in West Africa.
A City of Sand and Sun
I am still living in a team-house in Niamey, a pleasant if overpriced affair which comes complete with colleagues (the most permanent of whom being Program Officer Anne-Marie and her fiance Ryan, who doesn’t actually live with us but might as well), a cook called Ibrahim (who we love dearly and who is very good), Boubakar our night guard, and a television set which shows CNN International and nothing else. The house is a five-minute drive from the office, which helps breed healthy working habits such as returning to the office after dinner and working until midnight.
