Since March, 60,000 people have arrived in Tissi on foot and donkey, fleeing a new outbreak of ethnic violence in Darfur, to the east.
I had never been much good at pin the tail on the donkey when a child; now the suppressed laughter of the actors on stage left me in no doubt.
The gay donkey wends its way between cabaret artistes and their supporters in this crammed space, receiving affectionate pats and tickles.
Occasionally, it delivers on that promise: only this week we learned via its good offices that Kanye West has claimed to have discovered the meaning of life while at the dentist, and that Lindsay Lohan recently posted a picture of an Arabic phrase on Instagram, which she claimed was an inspirational expression that translated as "you're beautiful", but in fact turned out to mean "you're a donkey".
It's like Blackie the donkey for posh readers... Smacks of desperation at Daily Telegraph".
"We need volunteers to be Charlie the gay donkey," says Dan Glass.
Choosing to support the Welsh, of all possible British coalfields, he admits, was like "pinning the tail on a donkey" and, in real life, he did not ring to offer the Welsh miners LGSM's support as he does in the film – he wrote them a letter.
He quotes the veteran Democratic presidential strategist Robert Shrum, regarding Clinton: "Because she's a Democrat, I can't say she's the elephant in the room, but she's certainly the dominant donkey.
Now, I've just finished rewatching Lost, so I can't help but notice that this is a lot like the mysterious cave that contained the frozen donkey wheel.
"One of them is going to be as sick as a seaside donkey," said the Ipswich manager, Mick McCarthy, previewing that final as well as summing up his own distress after this gruelling semi-final second leg.
We chose an off-road trail around the Potworks Dam reservoir, passing farmland and a donkey sanctuary, and revelling in the chance to explore the interior of the island, away from the resorts.
