Really, I went to Sierra Leone; or, A look at reconciliation, village by village
Way back in March, the Christian Science Monitor sent me to Sierra Leone to report a series on ‘grassroots reconciliation,’ for lack of a…
Read MoreWay back in March, the Christian Science Monitor sent me to Sierra Leone to report a series on ‘grassroots reconciliation,’ for lack of a…
Read MoreOh, so many apologies. * First, to my few but devoted commenters–commentors? how is it spelled? this new internet age!–whose wonderful thoughts I’ve let…
Read MoreBOMARU, SIERRA LEONE — Little but its history distinguishes Bomaru from other villages scattered across Sierra Leone’s countryside. A quiet place with mud houses…
Read MoreKAILAHUN DISTRICT, SIERRA LEONE — John Caulker might know the rough, red-rock roads of rural Sierra Leone better than he knows the hallways of…
Read MoreSaw 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 MoreSo the 4th of July is also Rwandan liberation day, the day in 1994 when the Rwandan Patriotic Front took control of the country…
Read MoreI don’t understand this . There are a hundred million things to write about here—me and my professional compatriots are trying to get a…
Read MoreTwo weeks ago, Rwanda held its fourth annual Kwita Izina, or naming ceremony for baby gorillas. For three or four days before, baby gorillas…
Read MoreI’m keeping a list of things I need to blog, and I’ll get there, I promise. In the interim, a newsflash from the other…
Read MoreI can’t believe it hasn’t occurred to me to do this sooner. Like every place in which English is not the mother language, the…
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