Part four of a four-part series. For part three click here Change comes by way of water. Rivers, lakes, and seas are the great highways of the world. Almost every country on earth is in …
Part two of a four-part series. For part one click here For centuries, the oasis has sustained existence in the desert. These precious pools of water, which seem to bubble up from nowhere, are nothing …
Part one of a four part series exploring Mauritania’s evolving culture in the face of an encroaching modern world.
While in Dakar, a former Senegalese government administrator told me that in post-colonial Africa the primary purposes of government was to create the symbols of a nation. Senegal, like so many other areas of Africa, …
I think the moment I fully felt the uniqueness of Senegal was sitting in a little wooden shack near the Marché Soumbédioune. Like so many others, I had made my way down to the sea …
There are a lot of reasons to dislike Morocco. For one, its doubtful that any country on earth has a larger population of touts. They swarm around you, constantly buzzing in your ear like flies …
With the ascension of Bolsonaro in Brazil, the battering of Chancellor Merkel’s party in Hesse, and midterm elections scheduled next week in the U.S., it’s understandable that Gabon’s own legislative elections have received scant attention. …
Part five of a five-part series. For part four click here. After several nights at Akaka, my last evening was spent back at Loango Lodge. Mathieu had greeted me at the dock. “Welcome back to …
Part four of a five-part series. For part three click here. There are really only two colors in the jungle: grey and green. The sky is gray; the water is gray; everything else is green. …
Part three of a five-part series. For part two click here. After a breakfast of fresh fruits and French cheeses (one of the few imports that the lodge affords itself), my guide packed our small …