The contradictions of cleanliness
The first thing they tell you when you say something like, “I’m going to the middle of Africa,” is Don’t drink the water. This…
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Short is the new tall
Coffee, that is. That’s right, people. There’s a Starbucks-like coffee shop in Kigali. Only here, a tall is a medium. Even for those of…
Read MoreThings whiny white people in Africa think about
Getting your luggage back, when you haven’t changed your clothes in a week, is like indulging in a shopping spree without spending a dime….
Read MoreKigali by night
It’s 8:30 p.m. on my second day in Kigali, and I’m walking, alone (note to readers, particularly mothers of anyone: This is into as…
Read MoreForget the malaria, the dengue, the yellow fever…
Let me tell you what will really kill you in Africa. I arrived in Kigali in the late morning on Thursday, utterly beaten by…
Read More“Death is always getting Rwandans”
This is how a friend of mine from Butare put the news of the Rwandan earthquake to me. I couldn’t help but wonder, when…
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Glamour Hero Stephanie Nyombayire Tries To Help Stop Genocide
First I saw my mom crying,” says Stephanie Nyombayire, recalling the day she learned the details of the genocide taking place in her family’s…
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