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Afro-themed Tales of my Cowardice*: Walking to Public Transport at Night in the US and Africa

23 Saturday Nov 2013

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I ventured up to Baltimore for the day on Friday to present my research at the Association of Africa Studies Meeting (expect a brief post on that tomorrow).  It was great weather, I like to save money, and enjoy getting myself places on my own volition so I walked from the Greyhound Station to Harborfront hotel where the conference was being held.  It was a confusing walk (due to construction and the waterway) on my way there in the morning and it was downright terrifying on the way back at night.  Keep reading for some of my personal reflections on scary walks to public transport in Africa or in the US to attend African events, in descending order of terror.

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