{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Jef le Saltimbanque","provider_url":"https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/en\/","author_name":"JJ ANEYOTA alias Jef le Saltimbanque","author_url":"https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/en\/author\/lesaltimbanque\/","title":"From Bush Track to Terrorist Suspect - Jef le Saltimbanque","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5vHdQm5wdx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/en\/2024\/06\/18\/from-bush-track-to-terrorist-suspect\/\">From Bush Track to Terrorist Suspect<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/en\/2024\/06\/18\/from-bush-track-to-terrorist-suspect\/embed\/#?secret=5vHdQm5wdx\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;From Bush Track to Terrorist Suspect&#8221; &#8212; Jef le Saltimbanque\" data-secret=\"5vHdQm5wdx\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-06-15-at-16.55.04-7.jpeg","thumbnail_width":1600,"thumbnail_height":888,"description":"I crossed from Ghana into Togo via a bush track in the north. It was quite an adventure, to say the least. Judge for yourself! June 13, 2024 Lying on my self-inflating mattress, gazing up at the clouds, I notice bird droppings falling in front of me and landing with a sharp plop on the sheet of steel covering an old well. The guinea fowl, perched in the tree directly above me, proudly cackles. Or perhaps it squawks\u2014I have no idea what language African guinea fowl speak. I find myself thinking that I see fewer and fewer of them in French farmyards these days. Yet their meat is excellent, and I cannot help salivating at the thought. I\u2019m hungry. The Greeks and Romans imported them from Africa. Among other things, they used them in offerings to the gods, reading their entrails for omens. Before they were called guinea fowl, they were known as the \u201cNumidian hen,\u201d \u201cTurkish hen,\u201d \u201cPharaoh\u2019s hen,\u201d or even \u201cIndian hen.\u201d It was only in the 15th century, in Spain, that they took the name \u201cPintado,\u201d meaning \u201cwell made-up,\u201d probably because of the red wattles around their beaks. In Ghana, where I was still just a few [&hellip;]"}