Boma
January 25, 2013
The inside of my home in Maasai country was always filled with smoke. My host mother tinkered away most of the days in one dark corner cleaning mugs and bowls, making jewelry, and feeding her child, often all at once. The calf slept next to my bed and mooed only occasionally and in a soft way. (more...)
tags: Culture
Sunday
January 25, 2013
At a pub in Nairobi city center, a midday football game was yet to start. The regulars sat on the balcony overlooking the chaotic scramblings of matatu buses and their passengers. (more...)
tags: Culture
Capturing Images
November 19, 2012
It was assumed before this trip even began that we'd all bring cameras—not required of course, but understood. Cataloging life with images has become such an important part of my generation's social dynamic that it goes without saying: You're going to Africa?! Take lots of pictures! We digest images like no others before us. This very blog assignment was very much a photography assignment. (more...)
tags: Language, Culture
location: Pemba North, Tanzania, Tanzania
