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‘Hey kids, we’re MOVING TO AFRICA!’

As I sit on my veranda in Arusha, Tanzania, I hear the adhan reciting out from a nearby minaret. The call to prayer mingles with the songs of the cicadas and frogs in my front garden.

It’s quite a change from Shrewsbury, where we lived before making the huge decision to move to East Africa.

The offer of teaching positions for my husband and me

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