‘I conquered the Nile,’ or, a story that makes me sound far cooler than I am
I rafted the whitewater of the Nile River a few days ago. Please be duly impressed. I’ve been wanting to go whitewater rafting pretty…
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Pretty pictures of Uganda
Seriously, that’s all you’ll find here right now. I finally become literate, or un-lazy, enough to throw some photos up…course, it helps that I…
Read MoreIt is your moral responsiblity to begin growing rice
Food prices are high, blah blah, we all know. Not that that’s not important. But this seems more important: Donors–who presumably (she says with…
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Against representation
This is the closest I have come to being able to get my little Canon to record how amazing the sunsets here can be….
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In Africa, Justice for Bush Wives
FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE — Fatmata Jalloh was just a kid selling pancakes on a rural road in Sierra Leone when a rebel soldier snatched…
Read MoreHow to improve tourism: Take history, add guilt, stir.
A few weeks ago, I decided to follow up my foray into what seemed the most foreign of “cultural” events in Rwanda — the…
Read MoreNo diplomat left behind
It’s been a tough few days here for the UN Security Council. All they wanted to do was come to Rwanda, and then they…
Read MoreI’m really concerned about whether Angelina Jolie birthed those twins or not
No, I’m not. I just wanted to test that out and see how it feels. It feels as stupid as this little blip from…
Read MoreFlashmob of 1
Yesterday I was waiting for a friend in town, and I couldn’t bear the thought of sitting at Bourbon Coffee just to bide time…
Read MoreNews from the north: We’re sorry, eh?
I’ve been running around like a mad woman lately, with little time to blog, but I’ve been keep mental notes on all the things…
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