The Zanzibar Chest
I borrowed this book from another volunteer and sped through it during my travels through Tanzania, Rwanda, and Uganda a few weeks ago. I’ve seen tons of books in this genre since I’ve been in Kenya. If you have been to a bookstore recently you know the type: it’s kinda like a “new age” travel [...]
Good Luck, Walmart!
I’m reading David Barsamian’s collection of interviews with Arundhati Roy, The Chequebook and the Cruise-Missile, and I came across something that made me crack up: “But still, how are you going to persuade a Naga sadhu–whose life mission has been to stand naked on one leg for twenty years or to tow a car with [...]
A Language Older Than Words
In May I read Derrick Jensen’s A Language Older Than Words… “Every morning when I wake up I ask myself whether I should write or blow up a dam.” Although I know the feeling, I have no interest in being a writer and I don’t know the first thing about bombs; I’m not sure where [...]
On Agriculture…
I started a very small farm at my house in Kenya because I was excited about being more self-sustained and also because I plan to use what I learn when I get back to the United States. I know vegetables aren’t by any means expensive here in Tala, but it’s the principle of the matter! [...]
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