Life in Africa Archive
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This Week in Africa: Ripped From The Headlines
Posted on May 17, 2012 | No CommentsThe two most popular daily newspapers in Kampala, the New Vision and the Daily Monitor, provide different versions of life in Uganda. The Vision often reads like the government’s press... -
Reporting Live with Lawrence Bohne: “Dung Beetle”
Posted on May 3, 2012 | No CommentsSometimes what you find at the end of the rainbow isn’t gold. Join Lawrence Bohne in the Serengeti as he discovers one of nature’s most curious nurseries. -
A Walk of Faith
Posted on May 1, 2012 | 4 Comments“And here’s a story you can hardly believe, but it’s true, and it’s funny and it’s beautiful.” ~John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath In early September of 2009, Sara and... -
Lawrence Bohne Returns
Posted on April 25, 2012 | No CommentsA trailer from Lawrence Bohne’s most recent project. -
Safari 2.0: pictures and words
Posted on April 16, 2012 | 1 CommentIf you have a bucket list, go ahead and put “safari in Serengeti” at the top. In February, Stephanie and I visited Tanzania’s Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater, and the Serengeti. ... -
This Week in Africa: The (Parenthetical) Travels of a “Box”
Posted on February 9, 2012 | No Comments(Look, I realize that “This Week in Africa” has a decidedly monthly feel to it. But still, just imagine that it’s a weekly thing. Thanks!) It wasn’t a “box” anymore.... -
This Week in Africa: Friends of Jesus
Posted on December 10, 2011 | No CommentsThis is the first in a series of weekly (I hope) entries about life in Africa. This first story, however, actually didn’t take place this week. But it did happen.... -
Reason for Thanks
Posted on November 24, 2011 | 1 CommentYou know that scene in every sitcom’s Thanksgiving episode? The one after the fight between in-laws and after Dad’s deep fryer exploded because the turkey wasn’t totally thawed? Despite the... -
A Day at the Races
Posted on November 2, 2011 | No Commentsas·cot n. – a broad cravat with square ends, often held in place with an ornamental stud. I don’t know about you, but when I hear the word “ascot,” I... -
“Everything is Cranes”
Posted on October 17, 2011 | 2 CommentsThirty-four years ago, Uganda was unraveling. Idi Amin, the despot who came into power in 1971 and whose regime coordinated the genocide of hundreds of thousands of Acholi and Langi...









