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Tis the season of African writing in English, or at least the prize season. The Caine prize. The African Playwriting Competition. There must be…
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On 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…
Read MoreWhat Kigali is like when there’s a grenade
Quiet. It’s always quiet, though. That’s the thing. About 25 minutes after reports started moving through SMS and Twitter of tonight’s grenade attack(s?) in…
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Kigali on Edge After Grenade Attack
About 25 minutes after reports started moving through SMS and Twitter of tonight’s grenade attack(s?) in the city center, everything was … normal. Unless…
Read MoreA powerful voice on “slum tourism”
If you haven’t read this op-ed in today’s NYT yet, it is an absolute must read. You might not agree with him, but Kennedy…
Read MoreAnybody know where I can get some more of this?
Someone just shared with me this link “Ururabo,” an old Kinyarwanda song, by a band known as Rossisendi & His Group. The link has…
Read MoreWhy Enough will always get Congo “wrong” — and why we should maybe thank them for it
I’m going to go straight to it: Because advocacy is politics. Advocacy is aspirational; it is rhetorical; and it is manipulative. And none of…
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