Is Rwanda really that bad for journalists? Actually, I don’t think so
The press freedom index of Reporters Without Borders is bound to cause a stir among Rwanda-watchers. The Paris-based group called Rwanda among the 10…
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In Rwanda, bye bye bachelor’s degrees?
Yesterday, the Rwandan Ministry of Education announced that it may cut all scholarships for university students next year and instead funnel the money into…
Read MoreAfrica: “A whole continent for helping white people understand poverty”
This is a series of photographs called “I Studied Abroad in Africa!” in which white people are called out/picked on for their real or…
Read MoreOn transitions and translations
Yesterday, Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame was inaugurated for his second term. I listened to his speech on the radio, much of which was in…
Read MoreEr, well, one more (funny) thing.
I’m waiting at the airport, where there’s a fair amount of funny English. Here’s a few little gems to keep you smiling: In the…
Read MoreOffsetting my digital footprint
You can’t get on a plane or buy something significant any more without someone asking you to offset your carbon footprint. Well, that’s probably…
Read MoreOn normal — and whether it can mean turning that radio down?
I’ve been writing a lot about normalcy lately, it turns out. Somehow it emerged as a theme in my peacebuilding work, in particular in…
Read MoreKigali grenade attacks: Journalistic choices in three acts
Act I, in which I am not a good authority on anything that happened last night No confusion: I didn’t cover the grenade attacks….
Read MoreOops, sorry for the link damage
If you happen to find the site, but you came here via 404 not found or whatever, sorry for the disappeared post. I was…
Read MoreKigali Grenades: News Redux
If you do a Google News search for ‘kigali grenades,’ you’ll get nearly 1500 items right now. That includes a lot of bullshit, so…
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