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My Last Day in Africa
Eight days. Six cities around North Dakota and Minnesota. Six awesome audiences with which to present about Africa and China,[…]
Read moreHumans of Jinja, Uganda
From houses of worship, to shacks in the slum, to my host’s home in the outskirts, to the snazzy mall in[…]
Read moreThe African Slum School
Imagery of a primary school includes playfulness, nurturing, and the planting of seeds of education and a bright future. Imagery of a slum[…]
Read moreVisit to an African Slum
An African slum. What comes to mind? I was given the chance to visit one of these extreme environments. And[…]
Read moreReligion in Uganda: I Visit a Temple and a Mosque
What religion are people in East Africa? Christian? Muslim? Tribal mythologies? Witchcraft? How about dread-locked Rastafari? Yes. Contrasting people of[…]
Read moreNew Country, New Trek: Into Uganda
At night I lay sick in my saggy bed in my dingy motel in Bukoba, wishing that buses could leave[…]
Read moreFerry Ride to Bukoba, My Low Point on this Trek
I told myself when I left Arusha that this trek around Lake Victoria wasn’t going to be a vacation. It[…]
Read moreMwanza: A Huge Lake, Freakishly Large Birds, and a New Friend
I awoke, did one of those looks back and forth where the eyes dart but the head stays put. New[…]
Read moreOn the (deadly) Road to Mwanza, Tanzania
“Here is it,” said the guy standing next to me at the busy Arusha bus station. Finally. It was the[…]
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