My Wednesday: ask Joola women of Enampore to observe a ceremony of newlyweds. They took us in, treated us like the women and put us in traditional dress head to toe. Then they sang into the sacred forest, where we shed our shoes and danced for hour…
Jean Pierre slips the harness around the thick trunk of the palm and ties it tight. It is made out of fronds itself, tightly wound into rope and dried. Leaning back like a lineman working on an electric cable, he grips it and lifts his left bare f…
BRIN, SENEGAL We start our day a brainstorming session about what would be good for me to learn about, experience and share while I am here. Customs, changing traditions and day to day life. I want to learn to fish, to climb that palm tree, cook me…
Along the Pader, Germany's shortest river, Chris and three other artists create masterpieces in smooth sprays of bright greens, rich blacks and sparkling chrome. Today's graffiti vision for Chris is a swirling palette, like a pinwheel spin…
In a field very green from winter rains, down a dirt road outside the village, my friend Ignatius is among those who are ready to build. They see the future, with a three-unit apartment building and a small house and what can be. What will be in d…
For the Tjupan, and other Aboriginal mobs in Australia, ancestors who are deceased are never far. They walk with you on the land and are always around. You must hunt for food, and move on the land, and bring visitors in with proper protocol, and u…
In Zambia, Bemba families have followed the same tradition for as long as anyone can remember. A man will demonstrate his commitment and his ability to have a family by paying a dowry to the bride’s parents, and there are several integral events su…
While France is recovering from the Charlie Hebdo massacre, this also happened: Islam extremist militant group Boko Haram massacred up to 2,000 people in Nigeria. [http://tinyurl.com/opfbyec] Nothing is left of the town. It's burned and destr…
Happy New Year's everyone, wherever you may be. I wish you all the best in 2015 — peace, love and adventure. I will be ringing in midnight in Ndola, Zambia, a country I never expected to visit or thought about visiting except in that obtuse way…
