Malawi feels like the poorest country I have ever been to in Africa – and I’ve been to quite a few of them now. In fact, according to most statistics, Malawi is one of the 10 poorest countries in the entire world. It shows.
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Tag Archives: Politics and history Here I was in Zambia for the first time, and all I could do was compare it to Zimbabwe, where I had lived for over a year. The two countries share a similarity in name, culture, food, and history, after all. But for all the similarities, Zambia felt different – like a Zimbabwe minus Mugabe. It felt good to be in Zambia.  Today I got to see something quite cool right here, on the farm – bushman cave paintings! Who were the bushmen? They were the indigenous inhabitants of Southern Africa. Short in stature with a hunter-gatherer lifestyle, they roamed the plains of Zimbabwe for over 1000 years before anyone else set foot on these lands. In […]  On our way to and from Victoria Falls, Alex and I stopped near Bulawayo and spent the night with my neighbor’s nephew, Joe (not his real name). Joe is a large 35-year-old bachelor running a vegetable seed farm. I liked him, partially because he is living the same kind of solitude as I’m living, but […] Z.E.S.A. The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority.Better to call it the Zimbabwe Electricity Shortage Authority. From November – April, D section was busy curing the tobacco, for which they needed electrical power 24/7. Because of that, they ran the generator whenever there wasn’t ZESA. I didn’t realize, until now, that that was almost always. Now, without […] |
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