The city of Kigali is built on a series of ridges, with the geography mirroring the relative affluence of the city’s districts. Downtown, which is in the center of the city (where I’m sitting as I write this), is on one of the higher ridges (about 5k feet above sea level). Mt. Kigali looms blue-brown… Continue reading The Blue Hills of Kigali
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The Bullets
Leaving the country is a lot like dying. At least, this is how people act when they learn that your destination will be a place where the dominant skin color isn't white. As soon as you say you're going, friends and family, even soon-to-be former co-workers, begin to mourn. And eventually you stop telling people… Continue reading The Bullets
Burundi
I'm already there in my mind, but right now the yellow fever vaccination is reminding me that I'm right here...
The Writing Expedition 