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Donal Conlon
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Born and grew up in the West of Ireland, graduated from University College Dublin, taught for three years in Ireland, left to travel a little but never returned to live there. He has worked in different countries. Now writes about travel; lives in Paris.
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Kitay
In a market in northern Madagascar, a child sits with bundles of ‘kitay’ — small sticks of kindling wood, sold for a few cents to kindle the family cooking fire In a market in northern …
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January 14, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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Wind in my Face
Motorcycle Diary: Day 1 – Bird on the Wire 5.30 am. I wake, I see heavy rain. I turn over in bed. I should be leaving Diego Suarez at the northern tip of Madagascar to motorbike to Majunga on…
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January 8, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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Indian Ocean Morning
It was 5:20 a.m., and a weak morning light filtered through the dangling wooden shutters of a small hotel room in a dusty Indian Ocean town. In the half-light, she wriggled into her jeans with a ji…
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January 7, 2026 at 6:59 AM
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Singing in the Rain and Labia Elongation
Patricia was one of the first people I met when I went to work in a teacher-training college in Beira in central Mozambique. She lived nearby and was on the verge of starting third-level studies. I…
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January 1, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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The Gallants and the Moral Maze
I couldn’t help overhearing them. Two elderly Frenchmen sat at the next table in a small bar in northern Madagascar—one clearly a long‑term resident, the other visiting. The resident was explaining…
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December 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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A Café of Many Lives: The Barbouquin of Belleville
Yohanna has achieved one of her dreams. She has created a space that brings together different cultures, social classes and generations, and she is justifiably proud of it. The Belleville district …
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December 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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An African Beach
This article won a Guardian Newspaper Travel Award a few years back. This is an abridged version. To see the original you can go to The Guardian and type in my name, Donal Conlon. The follow-up art…
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October 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Maybe Tomorrow
I am leaving my small hotel in a northern Malagasy town, about to get on my motorbike, when she appears —light-footed down the potholed street, smiling, in a bright blouse, skirt, and colourful apr…
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October 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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4 a.m. : Solomon speaks
Every African country has at least one Solomon – usually the president – especially if he has been in power for 50 years. Then he exudes wisdom in his sweat, as he works tirelessly for …
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October 9, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Among the Barbarians
In our Irish primary school history book Norwegians were fearsome: fierce whiskers, horned helmets, swords frozen mid‑swing above helpless Irishmen and women. Our teacher called them “barbarians,” …
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October 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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African Faces (1)
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