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You might not recognize Sadia Pratt in the early morning. She wears a long house dress and an apron, orange in places where palm…
Read MoreYou might not recognize Sadia Pratt in the early morning. She wears a long house dress and an apron, orange in places where palm…
Read MoreOn a scorching September afternoon, Morgan Friedman, semi-professional wanderer, must stop. We’ve been moseying through Brooklyn neighborhoods for nearly two hours, because I wanted…
Read MoreIt’s the political season here, and so I have to admire the chutzpah of Paul Collier, who had an op-ed in today’s NYT. Let’s…
Read MoreEmanuel Buke won’t train just anyone. Like a swami on a mountaintop, he is discerning about his disciples. For the past 16 years he…
Read MoreGOMA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO — For years, African militias have used proceeds from precious natural resources to fund conflicts – a practice dramatized…
Read MoreIf she were still in New York or Paris – anywhere but here, really – Adama Kargbo would be wearing striped socks that reach…
Read MoreIn Congo brutality seems to be everywhere: history, war, politics; in the landscape and the poverty and the desperate chug of locals’ day-to-day lives….
Read MoreUmwenda, the village along the Nile River where Mr. Wasige was born, is unremarkable, which is to say it has as little as most…
Read MoreBUTARE, RWANDA — Sandra Uwimbabazi knows runways – she’s modeled for years – but she stumbled on a recent Saturday here. A tall, slender…
Read MoreWhat in the name of all things holy and profane is going on in that most precious of printed real estate, Maureen Dowd’s column…
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