Under Nelson Mandela Blvd, Part Two
A Story About Cape Town’s Tanzanian Stowaways — Spring 2011.
Essays
Under Nelson Mandela Blvd, Part One
A Story About Cape Town’s Tanzanian Stowaways — Fall 2011.
Eating Nando’s in Gaborone
One of the most striking features of Botswana's capital city, is its malls.
Cape Town: Beautiful Ugly
The city's past and its predilections render neat formulations like Creole city and European city equally hollow.
Oprah and Kristof: What don’t they have in common?
Oprah, like Kristof, turns a personal desire to help sufferers of abuse into a more than acceptable African development program.
The Life and Death of David Kato
The Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato was murdered on January 26th, 2011.
Learning Zulu
The author, a German journalist new to South Africa, writes about her first impressions and experiences, especially with local whites; so different from anything she knew or experienced before.
Searching for a ‘blood-diamond bazaar’
Any ban on blood diamonds would ultimately harm low-paid Congolese mineworkers and would be too difficult to enforce anyway.