I am hoping that even after AM leaves Quepem for the brighter lights of Dar-es-Salaam, Pyongyang or the UN Square in Manhattan, he continues to regale us with his takes on sustaining water and agriculture in parched lands, managing the expectations of Kim Jong Un’s sister or advising John Magufuli on ambassadorships or the economy.
Before he burst on the scene, my imagination of Quepemcars was coconut tree-climbing, pond-fishing Novas Conquestadores, but now I know them better as men of the world with the international touch, not averse to drinking strong local brews and making friends with the village hoi-polloi. Long live the professor of manifold talents, of heavenly humbug and virginal nonsense who makes this cyberspace a much better place to be during this otherwise debilitating pandemic. Roland. Toronto.
