Category Archives: Africa
Forgiving genocide in Rwanda
“Cleaning the earth of Tutsis was framed as cleaning the earth of sin.” Continue reading
Remaking Kigali: A 21st century Rwanda built by Rwandans
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The battle between foreign and local in the rebuilding of post-genocide Kigali. Continue reading
Day to day in Riempi: Life in a South African township
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“You are the first white man I’ve ever met that says, ‘Yes, I will live in an informal settlement with you people.” Continue reading
In search of black identity in Uganda
I was being welcomed back home…for the first time. Continue reading
Why I stopped buying the sugar
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Not even a minute after the request, I handed him the money. Continue reading
Schoolyard Politics, Namibia
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I had come out of the office and saw a colleague sitting across the school yard under a palm tree with two female students in front of her with arms outstretched. She raised a long, flat metal rod and hit each of their arms in quick succession. Continue reading

