Happy New Year! Two-and-a-half years ago, while working at the school in the village of Magulilwa, Tanzania, a few townspeople[…]
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The Spiritual Warzone at the African Church Service
Terrifying screams and cries of suffering and mass hysteria. This wasn’t what I imagined would happen in a church. But[…]
Read moreThe Exorcism at the African Church Service
I heard a lot of yelling from across the street. I had been hearing it each weekend when trying to[…]
Read morePortraits of Tanzanian Villagers
In Tanzania, there’s more to camera & firearm comparisons than the verb used to describe using them and the fact[…]
Read moreA Hospital in Africa, A Toddler’s Life
A Tanzanian friend of mine had a sick niece in the hospital. I got to know this little child. One[…]
Read moreArrival to Zanzibar: Out of the Frying Pan and into the Fire…and the Girls Bathroom
Over our school’s Easter break, I had planned on visiting a few rugged areas of southwest Tanzania—a huge lake, another[…]
Read moreCreeping Crawling Wildlife of Tanzania
Quick. Name an animal in Tanzania. “Lion…uh…hippo…uh…rhino….elephant!” Yep, those are all here. But they’re not in this post. The stars[…]
Read moreUrban Africa 2: The City Jail
Oh we went to town last week. Taking the bus from my village, we first entered the outskirts of Ipigolo…[…]
Read moreUrban Africa: Arrival to Iringa City Center
Our stuffed bus pulls up to the Iringa city bus station. Waiting men greet our arrival, so eager to take[…]
Read moreThe Saga of the Stuck Bus
I type this intrduction fromn the seat of my bus into the city. If thyis print was hand-wrtten, an element[…]
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