Life from the top of the 4-wheel-drive and "swag" tents out in the bush, helping the Ngalia Aboriginal mob document a sacred part of their living history. It's a grand view, from any angle. Miles and miles of red dirt and open sky an…
CHEPTULU,KENYA — Cosmos Alusiola needs the right kind of clay for this traditional Tiriki pottery and the earth near Cheptulu town isn’t. When he needs it, someone packs sacks of the special clay and soil from his hometown of Masingo and he pays f…
Today, this is going up as a reminder of the power of everyday people — us, them, here, there, and way out there. This is your English class in Las Minitas, that farmers and their families have sought for several years and we as The Friends Projec…
At 77, Brian Champion has lived in two worlds. Until he was 7 or 8, he lived with his parents — Kaprun people on Kaprun land. Their ancestors lived in their country (land) for ages. Not too long ago, DNA from a single lock of hair confirmed that…
I'm in Australia, helping to preserve three Aboriginal languages and tell the story of three mobs (tribes). Am I REALLY learning life, culture and other stories from the last fluent Ngalia speaker on earth? The last fluent Kaalamaya speaker O…
The day's copy of The West Australian lay on her back seat. I stared at it a bit then picked it up. The first page I turned had this image of U.S. journalist James Foley on it. I can't tell you how long I stared at this image, at his eyes…
Hardley Songole Sinjaa met Busu only a year ago. He was doing some plumbing work and needed extra help with the digging. Hardley’s right-hand man brought young Busu around. He was young but knew how to work and was not expensive. “I wondered how s…
I may be gone from Mahanga village, but it will always be with me. Hardley and Lydiah's family were so welcoming and really made me feel like a part of theirs. When you are somewhere new, and discovering, your own backyard is a vacation, a to…
Portrait of Vincent, a worker in a backyard gold mine in Makuche, Kenya, in the western rural area. The colonial British gold mined here and the tunnels and pits are still there. The new miners are individuals and they dig holes in their yards and…
