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Jose Melendez (Dan Kobayashi)
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How an American Africa expert deals with moving to Geneva and becoming a stay-at-home dad. Featuring lots of parenting, lots of travel, and a little bit of whining.

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    I'm just your average former Red Sox blogger and Africa specialist trying to make it as a stay-at-home dad in Switzerland, while not watching the Red Sox or writing about Africa. Maybe I'll discuss cheese? Or knives?

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