Word: witching
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...have to admire the way the Fundu Lagoon resort on the lush island of Pemba has overcome obstacles. Just off the coast of Tanzania and north of Zanzibar, this small isle boasts few roads. Many parts are only accessible by boat. Then there are the dark arts. "Witch doctors will come to probe the deepest mysteries of voodoo," British author Evelyn Waugh wrote of Pemba in 1931. "Everything," he said, "is kept hidden from the Europeans...
...place is far more welcoming to foreigners now, but making a go of Fundu Lagoon when it launched in 2001 still meant catering to local spirits as well as to overseas guests. At the behest of islanders convinced the location was haunted, the resort called on a witch doctor, two unlucky sacrificial bulls and several mediums to cleanse Fundu of its unwanted visitors...
...that's too bad for them. Nestled alongside a remote beach stretching for kilometers on the island's southwest coast, Fundu Lagoon's dozen tented rooms offer simple, rustic comforts underneath thick Makuti thatch. Its handful of suites - a more recent addition to the resort costing another witch doctor and a couple of goats - boast plunge pools and space for private dining. Just make sure you're hungry: dishes like crab ravioli in white wine and saffron sauce or grilled squillfish, all served up by local staff, make the best of what the island's waters offer...
...College’s focus should be on promoting alcohol safety, not conducting pointless witch-hunts against student group leaders. A much more practical way to save lives, and even prevent binge drinking from getting out of hand, would be to make the College’s amnesty policy as loose as possible. Students—and especially intoxicated students—should not have to conduct a cost-benefit analysis every time they think they might want to bring an intoxicated friend to hospital...
...Exile and alienation are recurring themes in the work - and life - of the London-based, Nigerian-born author. His father, the son of a Nigerian witch doctor, "ran away and was raised by missionaries," says Afolabi, and later became a diplomat. While the family bounced around everywhere from Canada to the Congo, Afolabi was dispatched to boarding school in the U.K. On his childhood trips abroad, Afolabi's status as the son of a diplomat didn't prevent him from being treated roughly at certain borders. "I have always been astonished and angered,"he says, "by the fact that some...