Tanzania Week 4: (Or How I learned to Love Korogwe)

Kilimanjaro

I was falling asleep on my feet. Falling asleep even faster when I sat. My muscles were starving for oxygen that neither my lungs nor the…

Tanzania Week 5: Or That Time I Figured Out Why Everyone Thinks I’m From Zanzibar

DC to Africa (And Europe Just Because): Tanzania Week One

Week 10: Tanzanian Bed Time Stories

This week has been slow. The Danes were climbing Kilimanjaro, much of the research staff were…

More than Words

It’s a simple expression. It is pervasive here in Tanzania, so fundamental to basic communication that it is hard for me to…

Kwamasimba, The Place of Lions: Tanzania Week 6

“Field work begins today. Your two research assistants…

Thorns and Needles: Tanzania Week 7

Korogwe District Hospital, also known as Magunga, sits right across from the NIMR office in…

Kwenda Na Ulele-Ngoma (To Go With The Forever Dance)

Welcome to Tanzania (Your Mileage May Vary): Week Two