Africa

Life Skills I Have Developed As a Result of Being Born in Africa:

1) If you can see dry sandy soil underneath grass, there are probably thorns – avoid walking barefoot.
2) If you have a mosquito bite on the arch of your foot or the top of your big toe, dragging your foot across a door mat will help in the scratching process. If a door mat is unavailable, disregard the advice provided in item #1 – thorns will suffice.
3) If (or rather when) it is hot enough that the tarmac has become sticky, walk along the white or yellow line painted on the road – note that this takes “barefootedness” for granted, as it is both a way of life and state of mind.
* Please also note that this assumes blatant disregard of traffic laws by situating the barefoot child on the tarmac, potentially in the middle of the road. Traffic laws, on this continent, are a relative concept.

That said, the proliferation of instant coffee offends my Canadian sensibilities.
Also, the residual structured social inequality as part of the legacy of discriminatory institutions.
But Nescafe…seriously?