Betraying Justice for Rwanda’s Genocide Survivors
More than 20 years after an international criminal court’s landmark convictions of Rwandan genocidaires, the court is beginning to parole the masterminds of genocide.
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Who Decides When Survivors Can Tell Their Own Stories?
A UN court tried to stop three Rwandan rape survivors from telling their stories in their own words. When is protection paternalism?
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How Rwandan Women Got Their Power
Twenty years after Rwanda’s genocide, the country’s women have made huge strides in politics and law. But culture changes more slowly. KIGALI, Rwanda —…
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Rwanda’s Keeper of the Dead
On the 20th anniversary of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, remembering a man who made history his mission. NYAMAGABE, Rwanda — There was never…
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From the first days back in Rwanda
For you image-lovers, here’s a few photographs from my first few days back in the Great Lakes… One of the reasons I went…
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Boss me around in Africa!
I’ve just landed back in Rwanda, which loyal readers who’ve forgiven years of mostly silence on this blog will recall as my favorite place…
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No Small Mercy
Together, a survivor and the man who cut off her hand tell the story of Rwanda’s genocide. (2009) Read the PDF (clicking will initiate…
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Gauging Poverty From Africa to Appalachia
New York — When New Yorkers find out I grew up in West Virginia, they often ask if I’ve read “The Glass Castle.” Jeannette…
Read MoreLook out, women! You know what they say about sneezing… (don’t you?)
I promise you this gets funny. In the last two weeks, I’ve grown terribly allergic to something in my house, probably in my room….
Read MoreGoodbye to a great Great Lakes emissary
The Associated Press reported last night that former US Congressman and, later, Great Lakes Special Envoy Howard Wolpe died on Tuesday. Congressman Wolpe had…
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