African Heroes: stories of brave badasses

2009

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2008

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Dihoud
May 22nd
Listen Listen
Dr. Dihoud’s bedtime story.
May 22nd

Disarming Guerrilla Rebels

I just returned from a three-week trip in Somaliland, an unrecognized state north of Somalia....
May 22nd

African Curriculum

BOOKS “Allah is Not Obliged” by Ahmadou Kourouma “All we could hear was the...
May 10th
Mohamed Amin
May 7th

I’m Starting a Newspaper with One...

If Mohamed Amin runs out of money in the process of building his start-up newspaper, the “Hargeysa...
May 7th
This is a matatu. Others have Jesus, Tupac, Bob Marley or...
May 5th

Nairobi's DIY Public Transport

The best and the worst part of Kenya’s sprawling capital, Nairobi, are one and the same:...
May 5th
Dan Jackson in heated discussion with his matatu driver
May 5th
Patrick
May 4th

The Ghetto Film Club

One day I was listlessly following my fabulous Italian roommate through a Nairobi slum and I found...
May 4th
The orphans of Villa Teag.
May 3rd

Five-Year-Old Orphan Buried his Dead...

George Ocholla used to be one of the street kids in Kenya. They hang around the corners begging,...
May 3rd
George Ocholla: “I think you Italians like to be...
May 3rd

Kenyan wildlife ranger who can spot a...

Tourism has been down to almost zero in Kenya since the post-election violence in the country in...
May 2nd
She’s a badass
May 2nd
He lives on sour milk and BLOOD. Seriously, it’s the...
May 2nd