Archive for the ‘Elsewhere’ Category
A note not technically from, but in light of, Central Africa
New York City Ever a woman of geographical ADHD, I’ve been in three cities since returning to the U.S. about 10 days ago. A few days in New York, a few days in DC, a few days in Chicago, a few weddings… but now we’re settling back into the City that, at some point in [...]
Of beauty queens and waterfalls
This was meant to be a post a few days ago, but I accidentally put it up as a page. I blame Congo. Two new stories to point out, just in case you feel the need to read them… Here’s one about Rwanda’s biggest beauty pageant, which I also blogged about: From Noses to Hips, [...]
Still in Africa. More soon.
I’ve been in eastern Congo for the last 3 weeks, and the internet here is terrible. This is, in fact, the first day it would even deign to load my blog. So I’m on a bit of an unintended hiatus—with lots and lots and lots of stories from Goma to come! Stand by!
Burundi rebels’ unintentional allies
The peace is shaky again in Burundi, where the government is accusing the FNL rebels of plotting further attacks, and the FNL are saying–as they have been for years–that they just want to be a legitimate political party. So says Reuters. This is good news for anyone who makes money off of instability, which is [...]
A New York post
This has nothing to do with Africa, but my mom sent me a link to this illustrated story in the Times—it’s kind of like a picture book for adults, and it’s about kids; how cleverly clever–and I have to share. The illustrator, Christoph Niemann, writes about riding the subway with his two young kids, Arthur [...]
A note on Zimbabwean notes
Saw this on the BBC headlined, “No paper for Zimbabwean money.” It’s wrong, I know, but that’s kind of funny: The Germans supply the country with paper to print bank notes on, but because of the election, they’ve said, “No more.” So now, Zimbabwe can’t print any more money. Which may be the best thing [...]
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