Welcome to my blog!

Whenever I am not going to or coming from Senegal or Ethiopia or some other lovely destination in Africa – or sometimes the Middle East – I try to keep up with the blogging frenzy and post here my random thoughts. I would like to keep my blog entirely free of copy-paste material or too many links so by all means call me old-fashioned   

I am engaged in promoting, to the best of my knowledge, African cultures, professionally and otherwise. I hope my blog manages to raise awareness of how Africa is a continent of diverse stories – it’s not about suffering and poverty alone.

When I am not writing my PhD, I am selling African traditional craft and colourful urban design through the Porcupine web store. Our products are imported directly from African small businesses and crafts producers according to Fair Trade principles whenever possible. Part of the profit goes straight to Ndiagamar school project in a Dakar suburb in Senegal.

Any suggestions and comments from  you are very welcome – many thanks for dropping by! 

Jarmo aka buur tilleen