From Rwanda’s female-dominated parliament to Alaska’s hockey mom…
It’s a long trip, perhaps. Here’s an interesting piece from Salon, not for its politics, but for its insightful consideration of the way the…
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Seriously, I have to change the title of this blog. Here’s something really cool about New York.
That was self-serving, because the “something” is an article I wrote that went up today, a profile of the founder of Overheard in New…
Read MoreThis has nothing, but nothing, to do with Africa. But it does have to do with Bill Clinton
Whatever your politics, if you can still make an argument that this man is not a liability to the party he’s trying to help,…
Read MoreA note not technically from, but in light of, Central Africa
New York City Ever a woman of geographical ADHD, I’ve been in three cities since returning to the U.S. about 10 days ago. A…
Read MoreOf beauty queens and waterfalls
This was meant to be a post a few days ago, but I accidentally put it up as a page. I blame Congo. Two…
Read MoreStill in Africa. More soon.
I’ve been in eastern Congo for the last 3 weeks, and the internet here is terrible. This is, in fact, the first day it…
Read MoreBurundi rebels’ unintentional allies
The peace is shaky again in Burundi, where the government is accusing the FNL rebels of plotting further attacks, and the FNL are saying–as…
Read MoreA New York post
This has nothing to do with Africa, but my mom sent me a link to this illustrated story in the Times—it’s kind of like…
Read MoreA note on Zimbabwean notes
Saw this on the BBC headlined, “No paper for Zimbabwean money.” It’s wrong, I know, but that’s kind of funny: The Germans supply the…
Read MoreObservations in three acts
I. I have met only one person in Africa–though I’ve only been to four countries–who is, as a rule, early. But I’ve found the…
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