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  06/30/01 11:07:33 AM  
What is your name?   Peter
Where are you from? (Optional)   CT
Do you have any comments?   Hello- just checking in for a hot saturday afternoon session of "find the yovo". It's so nice to see the feedback from people all around the world to the website, Chris. Everyone who's written in, we friends of Chris know how much he appreciates you surfing here!
  petercarlton968@aol.com  E-mail   

 

 
  06/30/01 06:04:51 AM  
What is your name?   Anonymous
Where are you from? (Optional)   Canda
Do you have any comments?   Your site is absolutely amazing! I spend all night reading it. A very good friend of mine is from Benin. I met him when I was studying in Germany, as we were both foreign exchange students. I am living in Canada now and he is back in Benin. A female Canadian friend of mine went to Benin last year for humanitarian work (Terre des Hommes), and I gave her my Beninese friend's name and address. The 2 hooked up, fell in love, and are now married.
I am planning to visit them in Cotonou some time this year... if I can ever afford it. Life in North America is all money-based, and I am working hard to try to pay off my student loan and afford a trip to Africa.
Do you have any tips for what airline offers the best trip Toronto-Cotonou?

Thank you so much for your amazing web site!
 

 

 
  06/25/01 01:29:06 PM  
What is your name?   passi and dami (our beninese names)
Where are you from? (Optional)   France but living in the UK
Do you have any comments?   afongandjia,

We looked at your site and we found it really great! We know a little bit of Fongbe for having lived in Benin between 1996 and 1998, but not so much, congatulations, we are very impressed.
Please continue making people aware of the beauty of Benin. Awanou. Edabo.
 

 

 
  06/24/01 04:43:02 AM  
What is your name?   Liset
Where are you from? (Optional)   The Netherlands
Do you have any comments?   Great site! I brings back memories... I have lived in Cotonou for 6 months while doing a survey on street foods. In Cotonou they don't have a lot of strange meat things like bush rat. I wished I read all these things before I went there, I think it could have helped
I was working with a translator because most of the people spoke Fon, Yoruba or Mina and I couldn't understand. Talking English was very strange for me for a while, because I thought in French. Of course I travelled around to see Ganvie, Pendjari and the museums. I had a great time there and even the hygiene was bad and the appartment not so big, it was a great time. I will go back sometime, but I don't know when. I think it will be strange, because they will see me again as a Yovo... and not one of them anymore.
  liset_o@hotmail.com  E-mail   

 

 
  06/14/01 07:15:23 PM  
What is your name?   GLENDA
Where are you from? (Optional)   USA
Do you have any comments?   I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I FOUND YOUR LANGUAGE INFORMATION VERY HELPFUL AND I PLAN TO VISIT THAT PORTION OF THE SITE VERY OFTEN.
MKWABO
  glendaC46407@USA.NET  E-mail   

 

 
  06/14/01 07:15:06 PM  
What is your name?   Joe Garvey
Where are you from? (Optional)   Austin, TX
Do you have any comments?   Great work on the site, Chris!

I hope you're doing well.

Joe
  joe@garvey.net  E-mail     Website  

 

 
  06/14/01 07:11:49 PM  
What is your name?   gLENDA
Where are you from? (Optional)   USA
Do you have any comments?   I RECENTLY VISITED BENIN AND I AM ANXIOUS TO RETURN NEXT YEAR. I ENJOYED YOUR SITE. I WONDER IF YOU COULD GET ME SOME INFORMATION ON THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM IN OUIDAH. I AM TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE DIRECTOR BUT THE E-MAIL ADDRESS I HAVE IS INCORRECT.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE IF YOU CAN OFFER SOME ASSISTANCE.
  glendaC46407@USA.NET  E-mail   

 

 
  05/30/01 10:15:05 AM  
What is your name?   Chris Kerlin
Where are you from? (Optional)   Glendale, AZ
Do you have any comments?   Chris:

A fon gangi a? It was nice to see a site on Benin. It brought back many good memories of Benin. I was a Peace Corps Volunteer near Misserete in 1985-88.

O Da Bo
  cskerlin@uswest.net  E-mail   

 

 
  05/28/01 08:20:08 PM  
What is your name?   Andrew Curran
Where are you from? (Optional)   Wesleyan University (currently in Paris)
Do you have any comments?   Dear Chris,

I really enjoyed your essays. I am off to Benin for a short stay in June (rainy season I know) and feel that your essays, along with the other things I have been reading, will make life easier and more enjoyable when I get there. I was particuarly impressed with your description of the small and hidden things that make for cultural misunderstandings..


All best,
AC
  acurran@wesleyan.edu  E-mail   

 

 
  05/22/01 02:02:28 PM  
What is your name?   Janette Desharnais
Do you have any comments?   Your stories are great! They reminded me so much of my own trip to Bénin during the summer of 2000. I was doing a forestry internship there so I got to visit many parts of the country. I especially liked the week we spent at
the Parc National de la Pendjari.

Everything you said in your stories really hit home... the tiny chickens (poulet bicyclette), being singled out and scaring kids because of our color and the boisterous market! I dream of going back to Bénin to live there, as soon as
I take care of these student loans of mine! You can't pay those off on $6 a day!

I'm so glad I found this site. I myself am typing up my daily journal entries and sending them out weekly to about twenty friends who couldn't get enough of my oral stories! I'm up
to episode 31 now! It's so much fun to relive these moments through writings! It's as if I'm still there, unknowingly biting down on a chicken head and a sheep's tescticle, taking my first zim ride, seeing a hilarious Chinese movie for 8 cents, eating a super juicy fresh pineapple, getting daily marriage proposals, etc. It's all good!
  janettedesharnai@hotmail.com  E-mail   

 

 
  05/14/01 11:44:06 AM  
What is your name?   Rich Bastone
Where are you from? (Optional)   Westchester, NY in the Good Old US of A
Do you have any comments?   Chris....nice job on the site...and I thought all you could do was ride a bike!!! See you soon.
  Rbastone@eroster.com  E-mail   

 

 
  05/14/01 09:15:35 AM  
What is your name?   Alisa Credit (Herget)
Where are you from? (Optional)   Connecticut
Do you have any comments?   Cool site Chris. I read about you at classmates.com. I was in Kenya on safari in March. Spent some time with the Masaai. Benin looks interseting.
  alisaherget@yahoo.com  E-mail   

 

 
  05/10/01 08:43:35 PM  
What is your name?   Ken Carpenter
Do you have any comments?   Hey! "American white guy speak my language!" Chris, the site is unbelievable. I thought of you recently while listening to Oremi, and I was blown away when I found it. I hope you are doing well -- it sure seems like you are! Regards, Ken C.
  kencarpenter@alum.wpi.edu <kencarpenter@alum.wpi.edu>  E-mail   

 

 
  05/05/01 10:04:47 PM  
What is your name?   Alfonso Zamora
Do you have any comments?   Chris Cool! I perused around for a bit and took a look at some the pictures, awesome! I'm definately going to try to come back to the site, you've got a lot on here to look at and play with! See you at work!
  alfonso_zamora@hotmail.com  E-mail   

 
Name :   Marcos Alvira
Comment :   Great site. The more I learn about Benin, the more enchanted I become with the country.
Name :   Faith
Comment :   Wow. I was a PCV in Bohicon 86-88 and am going to use some of your stuff for PC Day next week!
Name / Nom :   Rovena
Date :   26/02/2001
E-mail Address (Optional) :   rovena4@uol.com.br
Comment / Message :   I love very much this site!!! I'm brazilian and e my religion is candomblé, cult of voduns, that it arrived at my country for the people of the Dahome. Kisses!!
Name :   Kim
Date :   3/13/01
E-mail Address (Optional) :   
Message :   Your site is very interesting and so complete! I've never seen so much emphasis on the language of Fon, just what I've been looking for for a long time now. Anyone who has enjoyed this site, come and visit www.oremiforever.com sometime.
Name :   Claire Thiry
Date :   26th March 2001
E-mail Address (Optional) :   claire.thiry@chu-brugmann.be
Message :   A fon dagbe a. Marvellous. I know some Beninese people but it is quite difficult for them to find time to learn fon to me. I know only some words that I have found in a very nice book about Benin and also some words that a friend of mine learnt to me.
Name :   Alexis
Date :   26/03/2001
E-mail Address (Optional) :   
Message :   Bravo, cela va aider un de mes potes qui se barre bosser eu bénin en pleine brousse. Congratulation, it will help a frien of mine who is going to work in the deep Benin's jungle.
Name :   Omar
Date :   April 4th 2001
E-mail Address (Optional) :   arouna@msn.com
Message :   I am very impressed!! I am from Benin and think you did a great job. Please stop by www.beninwatch.com and register for porto 2002
Name :   Tricia Hutchinson
Date :   4/15/001
E-mail Address (Optional) :   hutch@sedona.net
Message :   You are new since we have bookmarked! Our daughter is a PCV in Malanville. We plan to visit her in July and thought it would be fun to find some Fon- and there you are! Thanks...now I have to find Dendi.
Name :   ALEX MAZETO
Date :   APRIL 2001
E-mail Address (Optional) :   goldenriver@uol.com.br
Message :   I belong to Jeje-Mahi,a Candomblé nation in Brazil. Congratulation for making the Fon a Fun thing. ALEX
 

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