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Austerity for Posterity
Happy weekend, all! It's just after the Thanksgiving holiday over here in the U.S. and that means it's getting to be time for me to get my booty back over to Tanzania!!Typically, my yearly term in the...
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Like Whoa
Hello, friends, and welcome to Winter! It's now December on the East Coast of the United States and the temperatures are showing it. As per usual, the first signs of chill and frost and my patriated...
View Article*That* Parent, *That* Teacher
I chuckle wryly kidogo as I post this blog entry because it touches a nerve that was just recently exposed, although in kind of a reverse order as in the article below.I've been having a bit of an...
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Reindeer Games
As Christmas approaches in New York City, the seasonal festivities reach frenzied levels: Christmas music blares from speakers in stores, on the radio, in one's head of its own accord; the streets are...
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Mathematically Minded
Pole sana, dear readers, I have no original content for you guys on this first day of the new year, 2016. Having been delayed briefly in New York, I am waiting out the next three to four days until my...
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Hello from the Other Side
Greetings good people, and many salams from Moshi, Tanzania! I arrived late Tuesday night after 24+ hours of travel to an electricity-less house but safe and sound and super-excited to be back "home."...
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Dear Joyce
This is FANTASTIC. Please take a minute to check out this open letter to the new Education Minister, Professor Joyce Ndalichako, written by the media consultant for the Daily News. I've never once in...
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Bucket List
Well, I've been back just over a week and I've already forgotten what it was like to live in New York! Africa will do that to you, it's all very full-on, all at once, both the personal and the...
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The English Patient
Hello, dear readers, and many greetings from Moshi! Mama has arrived in town and I have been busy the last couple days settling her in and accommodating her needs. Because she has been here many...
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The Name Game
Hi everyone, and hope this blog post finds you all well. This past week has been one of the busiest of my ENTIRE life, I think, as Mama is here and I have been spending time with her everyday, but...
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Disability Not Inability
In 2013, on December 3rd - the International Day of Persons with Disabilities - Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, stated: "Disability is part of the human condition; almost everyone...
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Snapchat
Hello, my dearest readers, and a BIG pole sana for not providing an original blog entry lately. I have been extremely busy in school and with Mama and her friend (and Toa Nafasi board member!) Barbara...
View Article"Too Much Politics"
Hi everybody, hope all is well. My apologies again for the delay in posting but Carla and Barbara have just left and I needed to take some "me time" to put the house (and my life!) back in order!!To...
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Meet the Parents
Greetings everyone, and here's hoping all of you are well. March has come in like a lion over here in these parts with the rains starting to fall and the heat of the "winter" sun finally abating...
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Hapa Ni Kazi Tu
This simple Swahili phrase has the general meaning of "It's time for hard work, nothing else." It was a campaign slogan employed by new Tanzanian President John Magufuli and it reflects his austere...
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"I've Named Her Scholastica"
Please take a moment to check out this magnificent photo-journalistic look at Tanzanian teen mothers and their children from Vice Media's new(ish) feminist channel, Broadly. The author, Rebecca...
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Usonji Day 2.0
Greetings from cold and rainy Moshi, Kilimanjaro! Spring has sprung, and with it, come the rains.... finally!! We are happy to, at last, have some relief from the intense heat that has plagued us all...
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Cat Power
WARNING: This blog entry has NOTHING to do with The Toa Nafasi Project. AND, the post's title is an indicator of both my age and weird musical proclivities. BUT, that doesn't mean it doesn't have...
View ArticleSovereign Sons
From a recent article in the Tanzania Daily News, check out the latest on relations between the United Republic of Tanzania and the United States of America.#### The Minister of Foreign Affairs, East...
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