Secret’s in the sauce
I’ve found out what makes the leafy greens Mathil cooks so incredible: coconut milk. Last night, we had something quite close to kale (maybe…
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You know you’ve hit the next peg of development when…
There’s a rush hour. That’s right, Kigali has a full-fledged rush hour. It took ten minutes to get from the hilltop to the traffic…
Read MoreGirl Talk I
Today, on my way home, I saw a little goat family that had gotten loose from the hill, chewing on this and that along…
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Sparing you the suspense: Here’s what I eat and drink in Rwanda
My morning meal was so remarkably German (smoked sausage and cheese) that it struck me I should maybe put a little post up about…
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Bastards.
Read MoreI can’t believe I’m posting about George Clooney
It has come to this. But maybe the “it” isn’t me… Hold on, we need some context: Clooney recently had a dark-night-of-the-soul (or of…
Read MoreA pretty drastic-sounding AIDS treatment
The Rwandan government recently decided to recommend male circumcision as a method of dealing with a rising AIDS rate. There have been studies that…
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My preferred felony
Let me tell you about the child I’d like to steal. I can’t steal this one, though, not only because stealing babies is illegal,…
Read MoreThe civics of capitalism
I ran into an article today that raises a point similar to one that troubled me earlier, about the seeming panacea of purchasing power….
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Bush Sees Results of His AIDS Plan in Africa
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA; AND KIGALI, RWANDA — In 2006, when Kau Makgosa was diagnosed with HIV, a new US-funded program provided him with free…
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