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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Hutu and Tutsi in a Lonely Planet
Not much news here – the FNL delegation to Bujumbura (see May 9 post) has been delayed until Friday because no earlier flight was available. Instead I want to begin to discuss the topic of how Hutu-Tutsi relations came to be what they are today. According to the Lonely Planet East Africa: The tall, warriorlike […]
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
Arrival in Bujumbura
So after a few long plane rides I successfully made it to Bujumbura! No flight troubles, no baggage trouble, no visa troubles, and Adrien (who I will be working with) was there to greet me at the airport. So I found myself quite relieved to be here, and very relaxed. Things have a definite calm […]
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
Burundi Bound
So tonight I fly out of London on Ethiopian Airlines first to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, then stop briefly in Kigali, Rwanda before arriving in Bujumbura, Burundi tomorrow at 1 p.m. Bujumbura, where I’ll be living, is the capital of Burundi and has about 800,000 residents. Many people have asked if I am apprehensive about leaving […]
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Women Leading Rwanda
Just as women in the United States in WWII stepped up to fill roles that had until then been denied them, women in Rwanda took on new roles in the wake of social changes brought about by the 1994 genocide. Women adopted expanding roles in government, first in the transitional government and then in increasing […]
