The Price of Politics on Kenya
By Bonnie Bates. There is one main road that links northern Kenya with Ethiopia. With the arrival of the long rains season (March to May), this road becomes a deep muddy [...]
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Adventures in Ancient Nubia
By Bonnie Bates. These are just some of the many remaining Nubian pyramids found in Meroë, located north of present-day Khartoum. Meroë was the last (of three) Kushite [...]
A Monument to Popular Revolution in Cairo
By Bonnie Bates. This is the burned-out headquarters of the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. It continues to stand as a monument to the popular revolution that [...]
Going to see the Black Christ
By Angela Wright. Along Panama’s Caribbean coast lies Portobelo, a small port city that was formerly the hub of Spanish commercial exports out of South America. Within [...]
Confronting Past & Present in Santo Domingo
By Angela Wright. Next to a bustling thoroughfare in the Dominican Republic’s capital and largest city is a reconstruction of the first seat of Spain’s Viceroyalty of [...]
What’s Beneath the Water in Lake Nasser?
By Bonnie Bates. Standing atop the Aswan Dam, looking across Lake Nasser towards Sudan, it’s hard not to wonder what is lurking under the water of this man-make lake. [...]
Hope and Frustration in Tanzanian Schools
By Bonnie Bates. Seventy-five children, one teacher and one teacher’s aide – a typical scene in Tanzanian schools. Kids are eager to learn and the teachers work [...]
Maasai in Mto Wa Mbu, Tanzania
By Bonnie Bates. The Maasai stand out wherever they go, striking in their height, beauty and colourful attire. A nomadic people of the open plains of northern Tanzania and [...]
Place Jemaa el F’naa, Marrakech
By Bonnie Bates. The place to be in Marrakech. During the day the square is an open-air marketplace, linking a labyrinth of souks with the Kotoubia mosque and other [...]
Carnaval de Gwada (Guadeloupe) …
By Audra A. Diptee, Ph.D. Gwada – the name by which locals refer to Guadeloupe – offers the world a carnaval in which history is ever present. Fortunately, [...]
