Low-Carb in West Africa: A Paradox?

The other night I was sitting around at night with my sister-in-law and my consultant. I had just listed to the Radio Lome news broadcast, so it was around 7:15pm. My sister-in-law prepared a meal of corn porridge (pate in French, akple in Ewe) for everybody. Given my Wegovy regime, I am not usually hungry at night, so I did not eat any. But everybody else had a huge plate of corn porridge with some sauce on the side. I estimated that the plates had three or four heaping cups of corn porridge.

Capturing a Lexical Item (Kpelegbe)

In this blog post, I walk through the steps that I have been following in capturing lexical items for the Kpelegbe dictionary.

Kpelegbe: First Full Week (June 2026)

Here is a summary (by the numbers) of my first two weeks of being in the field doing work on the Kpelegbe dictionary.

Eating Low-Carb in West Africa

In this blog post, I outline what I am learning through trial-and-error about eating low-carb in West Africa.

Togo Diary (June July 2026)

This diary is the record of my stay in Togo during June and July of 2026.