Apartheid and The Wisdom of Mandela
September 14, 2016
No trip to South Africa is complete without spending some time studying the abomination that was Apartheid, the elaborate system of racial segregation...
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Johannesburg: Better Than We Expected
September 13, 2016
Our expectations for Johannesburg were low. Everyone we talked to about South Africa had one of three comments when we said we were “going to Johannes...
Rwandan Hodge Podge
September 12, 2016
Earlier, I share a blog dedicated to short quotes of vignettes from Tanzania. Here is the Rwandan edition. Vehicular Transit: It’s Not Just for Huma...
Tanzanian Hodge Podge
September 11, 2016
Most of my articles have had a unifying topic. Today, for your amusement, I offer you a hodgepodge of quotes and shorter anecdotes from Tanzania. I k...
Tanzanian Politics, Al Capone and Tipping
September 11, 2016
Tanzania and Capone’s Chicago With the US elections coming up, Walter asked a lot of questions about our politics. We made a deal with him that we ...
Travel Travails II, Virginia the Criminal
September 10, 2016
After I wrote the article about Rwandan security, I thought our travails had ended. Relieved, I took this picture of the sunset from the Kigali, Rwan...