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The many faces of N’Djamena City

N’Djamena washed me with heat like I have never known the moment I disembarked from the plane at Aeroport International Hassan Djamous (Hassan Djamous International Airport), sending me sprinting across the hot tarmac to a waiting shuttle bus.

My fingers were pressed across my brow to mitigate the effect of the rays that hit with the intensity of a laser directed light.

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