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Discovering Gaborone

By Erick Wamanji

Gray and grimy. This is the state of Nairobi’s skyline in the wee hours of Friday morning as I dutifully go through countless metal detectors at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. Travellers appear edgy as they clear the dreary paperwork under the scrutiny of askaris who watch with jaundiced eyes.

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