I decided to throw a party at my house. I'm not sure how they found out, but some of my students showed up the afternoon of the event. Actually, it was Amevi who told them. It had to have been Amevi. They were all dressed up and I told them they were a little early and then I put them to work. We had to pick up 14 crates of beer and 6 crates of sodafrom the shop up the road. They carried them-- two kids to a crate--back to the house and stacked them in the living room. Then, they swept the compound, fetched water for cooking, and organized the coolers.
I realized I still had a dozen sunglasses left over from about 6 dozen my grandfather had given me before my trip over. I bought them sodas and let them pick which glasses they wanted.
The party was great. Everybody from the neighborhood came. Georgina (...The Gina School) showed up with her whole family and an enormous amount of really good food. Godwin showed up with my camera and hired floodlights so that he could videotape the entire event. Sorlem Agbesi and his Borborbor drumming and singing group performed for hours, as did Heawle Sounds. People danced until it hurt.
The kids found their own spot in the living room. At one point I broke out some extra Kodak disposable cameras and there was this wave of children running around snapping photos in people's faces. I didn't get many of those cameras back.
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