Archive for the ‘African Great Lakes’ Category
Look out, women! You know what they say about sneezing… (don’t you?)
I promise you this gets funny. In the last two weeks, I’ve grown terribly allergic to something in my house, probably in my room. I wake up sneezing in triplets every morning, and it’s hours before it subsides. I’m down to my last Claritin, which I’m saving for the worst of the worst, because the [...]
Your Crib Sheet for Covering African Elections, in Congo and beyond
We’re all watching the DR Congo with baited breath. The recent presidential election, or process that has borne the name, has sparked unrest and violence, inside the country and in the diaspora. It’s a grave situation, certainly, and a gloomy one. But I’m having total post-electoral depression, especially when I read this piece in Foreign [...]
When in need in Zambia
…you may want the text of this ad, scrolling at the bottom of a local soap opera in Lusaka: “Dr Kapeza the herbalist hereby introduces new herbal medicines such as bringing back lost goods in 24 hours, attracting more custoers to your business, swollen legs, STDs, lucky charms and for those with the problem of [...]
The Big Men of Zambia, and their bigger women
The elevator I have stepped into is small, and two more people get on. One is a woman larger even than I am — I, who am often complimented on my “African shape” — and a man taller, more broadly set, and heavier than both of us. “You have to get off,” he jokes to [...]
Events: DRC, elections, and literary resistance (NYC)
Three events from the Institute of African Studies at Columbia University (which continues to give awfully short notice for awfully awesome events, alas). Today! Election Series: DRC – “A Farewell to Arms?” Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm Location: Jerome Greene Annex, Columbia Law School, 435 West 116th Street The last presidential election in DRC, a massive [...]
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