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Better Rice Eases Hunger Fears in Gambia
- Media & Culture
- Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
- Lane Hartill
Amie Bayo knows rice. For most of her 48 years, this mother of four from the Gambian village of Jahaur has walked barefoot to her rice plot, pausing only to hike up her skirt and wade through the brackish streams… Read More
Rape in Congo: Grim Statistics, Tender Victims
- Media & Culture
- Monday, November 23rd, 2009
- Lane Hartill
The orange soda tasted different to Grace.
“Is this Fanta or beer?” she asked the young man who’d bought it for her.
Grace was parched. The sun was out in full force in Goma, a town in eastern Congo. If… Read More
Out of Burning Hunger, A Passionate Voice for Africa
- Archives
- Friday, September 5th, 2008
- Lane Hartill
Sometimes, when he’s sitting at an Italian restaurant in the United States and the hot garlic breadsticks are flowing and he’s staring into a bottomless bowl of finely spiced pasta, a thought crosses Thomas Awiapo’s mind: I’d rather be back… Read More
From Chaos to Calm, A New Liberia
- Archives
- Friday, October 26th, 2007
- Lane Hartill
In the basement of the Tolbert Hotel, Dickson George sat on the floor, naked and prepared to die.
Opposition fighters had arrived in the city of Robertsport that morning, spreading fear along the way. At the time, anyone the soldiers… Read More
Biting Back Against Malaria on Africa Malaria Day
- Archives
- Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
- Lane Hartill
Every night, after a day bent in half weeding her peanut and pepper patch, Aminata Senesie pumps water, bathes her children, and then puts them to bed. Then she gets in with them.
It's a little crowded, but Aminata doesn't… Read More
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“You have given me a glimpse of your nature, of your relationship with the father. I can’t fully understand that, Lord. Why did you reveal it to me? You want to be known by me. You want me to enter…
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Celebrate St. Joseph’s Feast Tonight!
Pasta di San Giuseppe
(St. Joseph Pasta – Pasta with Sardines)
Italians have a great devotion to St Joseph, and the dishes they prepare to celebrate the feast day inevitably have a cute reference to him. Just before you serve…
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