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….
Read MoreRwanda
How 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 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 MoreThe personal-life liabilities of pursuing a Pulitzer Prize
About a month ago, I realized that my apprehension about talking to men here was impeding my work. The feeling, I decided, was an…
Read MoreThe Rwandan catwalk
The eye of the beholder, it turns out, isn’t the easiest of standards. The beholder can be so…complicated. I found myself in Butare last…
Read MoreAdvertising students, unite for Darfur: It needs a new image
I’m surprised to find this BBC Viewpoint by Alex de Waal, who’s been one of those obscure-academics-turned-heroes-by-college-kids because of his work on Darfur. He’s…
Read MoreO, cruel irony!
I lost my favorite item of clothing–despite my whiny lust for things that sparkle, it is just a blue t-shirt, now pretty well worn–somewhere…
Read MoreYes, I used to like Celine Dion. I’m sorry.
There’s a little place to stay in Butare that I just love. It’s just off the main road, and the first time I was…
Read MoreMaybe Kinyarwanda is actually the universal language
I was sitting in the bus station in Butare and four Asian men walked in. A tall guy in an Indian-style tunic went to…
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