Chapter 17The harsh light of the morning sunrise woke her. As in most parts of Africa, you don’t need to listen to the weather forecast, you know what tomorrow will bring—98% chances of sunshine, 2% chances of rain and the reverse is true during the wet season. In Bamako, you enjoy the most reliable climate conditions, but they’re also the most tedious. Day after day the same heat, the same dust, and the same smell. It gets to the point where you want to see rain, feel the wetness on your face, stare at the clouds, breathe the freshness of snow, and yes, you even start wanting to feel cold and shivering.
That morning brought nothing more than sunshine. Talya got up, took a shower and went downstairs to have breakfast. There was a large envelope in her mailbox, containing pages and pages o
