Lydiah, Wesley and the rest of the Songoli/Jiveti household gave me the honor and responsibility of naming their farm cat — a sort of cranky-faced-looking feline who was super friendly and will eat anything and I mean anything like bread and avocad…
I am in Africa living my dream because I hit girls on rollerskates. True story. I played roller derby. It was another dream of mine since I was a kid and watched these badasss chicks sprint around a track and hit each other. I got my wish when a…
I spent the last 12 days in rural western Kenya with these guys, as I did something I have always dreamed of: I helped to document the changing culture and language of a tribal community. Linguists Michael Marlo and Michael Diercks, both professo…
Playing soccer with a ball made of tightly wound nets, outside Lydiah and Hardley's house. — Cheptulu, Kenya [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cheptulu,+Kenya/@0.1276141,34.8612232,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x178012acc1065825:0x584c7f5135d2…
Sometimes I wonder why I'm exhausted. Then I think of a day. Today I got up at 6 and visited a traditional slaughterhouse and butchery, done by 9 a.m. Remote areas kill animals and immediately butcher and sell... In hours. As far as death goes,…
I ended the day interviewing a freedom fighter who was instrumental in the fight for independence in the sixties, and jailed, but was passed over in the new government. He preserves his MARAGOLI history but cannot contain his rejection, or his disa…
today i rode on the back of a motorbike on a road in the country and would like to have enjoyed it more, if it were not for the voices in my head reminded me of all the road accidents here, and how no one drives at dark it's so dangerous ... but…
Unless you’ve eaten ugali, you have not eaten. This, Lydia says, is what most Kenyans feel when it comes to their staple of maize flour cooked with boiling water into a thick cake. Lydia teaching me: Most times, that means a portion sliced into…
Two people died from cave-ins at backyard gold mines in Makuche and Mahanga in two months. STill, Cedric is not worried. It is the work. He's 18 and has been mining since he was 12.…
