Nov 17 - New President!

As you may have heard, Alpha Conde was announced late Monday to be the newly-elected President of the Republic of Guinea.  Congratulations to him and to all of the people of Guinea - celebrating their first first free, democratic presidential elections since declaring independence in the late 1950s.  I have read that there have been some serious problems since the results were announced but I have not personally seen any.

About the time this was being announced, I came down with a bad stomach ache and ended up in the Emergency Room the next day (my first visit to an African hospital!) with pneumonia and food poisoning.  Thankfully I'm starting to feel a little better but I've missed a lot of the excitement. 

Pictures:
My new African dress done in batik: designed and made by Pastor Gibril.
After our concert: it's amazing how many drums you can fit in the trunk of a taxi.