Jojo and Emms are no problem. You just have to cite a full programme and hide when you see them.
You should try avoiding some of the people who attach themselves to you in some of the third world hotels I've stayed in. Tar babies to a man and girl... and some quite bad with it. I could tell some stories but I'm too ashamed.
There are two sorts of 'old Africa hand': commercial travellers and colonials/settlers. Most if not quite all are utterly awful people, thuggish and racist. We hacks and writers are far from blameless too, even when we think we can tell what's what. Our views tend to be superficial, we're there and then we're gone. We use technique to disguise this rather raw truth. Most of us aren't all bad but some are the most frightful cads and carphounds. Not me of course.
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