My relationship with Rwandan and Ugandan food is best described as an emotional rollercoaster. From the honeymoon phase where I fell in love with the delicious fried bananas, fresh from the earth tomatoes, and the ever present mystery vegetable sauces to the fall out that occurred somewhere around my fifteenth serving of boiled cassava leaves. … Continue reading Bananas, Beans and Rice: A Tumultuous Love Story
An NGO we visited. This is a cockroach I found in my room one morning with my ring for size. I can't kill the bugs here because they are so big so we definitely competed for space that morning. Some of these kids are my host brothers and cousins but the houses are in sort … Continue reading Uganda
The sky on my walk to school in Gulu, Uganda. 7 July 2013.
Here in Rwanda we have had the opportunity to encounter all sides of the 1994 Genocide. From host family members with relatives that were lost to coming face to face with killers, our study of the Genocide has been extremely multifaceted. It's hard to walk down the street here and look at people, wondering "Who … Continue reading Victims, Perpetrators, and Rescuers
In a small town in the Eastern Province of Rwanda there is a small church. Behind that church there is an even smaller building, a Sunday school house for the small children of Ntarama. Instead of continuing to attend Sunday school in this little house, the children of Ntarama never got to be big. To … Continue reading Standing in the Gap
"It was very nice to see you, I will never forget you." The money handler on a Kigali bus told a friend and I this, word for word as we were traveling back to our school. Such big words from someone we had barely talked to. Big words from anyone. Muzungu can mean white person. … Continue reading The Life of a Muzungu
Tomorrow’s the day! Just a hop to Chicago, a skip to Istanbul, and a jump to Kigali and I’m in the heart of Africa for the next two months. I know that my time in Africa will change me but it’s up to the land, the people, and all of my new experiences to decide … Continue reading The Beginning
Nowhere To Go But Everywhere 