A Comparative Guide to Grenade Attacks in Burundi & Rwanda
It almost seems like you can’t hold elections without a few grenade explosions in this part of the world. Grenade explosions made international news…
Read MoreAfrican Great Lakes
A comparative guidebook to grenades in Great Lakes capital cities
It almost seems like you can’t hold elections without a few grenade explosions in this part of the world. Grenade explosions made international news…
Read MoreRwandans in Congo? “They’re all around us”
Here’s a terrific article by Michelle Faul of the Associated Press about the sort of thing that’s often rumored in quiet dinner conversation in…
Read MoreBoozing it up in the ‘third world’?: The mix tape
Update, after I got out from under my rock In one of the very active comments sections on the blogs that have taken this…
Read MoreThings that are worth your time
Adam Hocschild’s article from Congo, about mining, which I blogged about earlier, is online. Read it. Amazing. “Africa to Appalachia,” Jayme Stone’s collaboration with…
Read MoreWhat women — and men — really want
When I walk to the main road, I try to give people I pass a friendly, “Good morning” or “Good afternoon” with my best…
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Confronting Rape as a Weapon of War: A Comprehensive Report
What expats really need
I was having coffee the other day with a media trainer the other day, who’s here with his family. It’s awkward to retell someone…
Read MoreLiving in two economies
On Friday, I went to my regular money-changing place. As I was walking in, there was an older woman leaving. She was the picture…
Read MoreApril showers in Kigali
Two things happen in April in Rwanda: One, the country marks the anniversary of the genocide. Two, it rains. A lot. It’s the rainy…
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