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Tag Archives: Arusha

Safari, the Serengeti, and the slave trade

Blog Post, featuredBy Jonathon Van MarenDecember 30, 2016Leave a comment

By Jonathon Van Maren The overt religiosity here in Tanzania sometimes crosses the line into the absurd. I’m not just talking about many of the names, which take the form of prayers: Praygod, Godlisten, Godbless, Amina (Amen)—but the names of some of the local establishments. In the village of Usa, for example, I spotted “The…

Random thoughts from Africa

Blog Post, featuredBy Jonathon Van MarenDecember 19, 20164 Comments

By Jonathon Van Maren Here they are, stream-of-consciousness style. **** At the main market in downtown Kigali, it was easy to see why the locals were so insistent on hurrying us over to their stalls to buy their wares: it was to ensure that we actually beat the massive swarms of black flies that were…

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