On the way home from Nairobi, on the last leg of my flight–from Newark to San Francisco–I was seated next to a young, excited, but mature young woman who had just returned from a month of traveling in Europe with her father, who was seated on the other side of her but slept the whole […]
I started writing from Kampala, Uganda, where Rebekah Heacock and I took a much-needed post-Summit respite. For both of us–and for many others–this was our third Global Voices summit, our third time getting together with this amazing group of human beings that has organically formed over the years from a small community of bloggers to […]
When you’re just dropping into a country, whether as a tourist or for work, it’s often difficult to get a sense of local realities and even more difficult to get to know locals. That’s why, in the city of Kampala, Uganda, I’m feeling incredibly lucky to have been invited to the local bloggers’ meetup thanks […]