For my second AMA (#weblogpomoama) post, I’m going to answer something from Lou:
Can you describe the parts of Africa with which you are familiar the way you would to a curious neighbor?
Great question! I’ll start by saying Africa is a ==big== continent. Check out the map here to get an idea of just how big. It contains lots of countries and even more languages and tribes. In our 13 years living there, we stayed in South Africa and Kenya. Alongside these two countries I spent a lot of time in Uganda and Tanzania and then some time in Ethiopia, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Egypt and Mozambique. Every place was unique, full of beauty and local flavor and lots of culture to experience and learn.
I often talk with people and feel like there is only this perception of Africa as third world, mud huts in the bush and very poor (at best - people can take these metaphors way to far). This misses the joy, the beauty, the diversity that saturates the continent.
You might not know for example that Ethiopia has some of the best food in the world. Or you might not realize that Uganda has some of the most hospitable people you can find, ready to show off everything about their cultures. Or you might not guess that Zanzibar (an island off the coast of Tanzania) has some of the most gorgeous beaches. Or that Cape Town has better coffee than any that I’ve found in the states (oh how I miss Rosetta…I could use lots of espresso tonics to get through the past couple of weeks). There is almost too much to tell. Enjoy some shots of life though!
Shots of Life From Cape Town
Shots of Life from Kenya
