It’s January here. Just like it is all around the world. Yet, I’m having a hard time remembering that it’s a new season, and a new year. For one thing, it’s hot.…
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The persistent thump, thump, of oversized speakers reverberates in the distance, mingling with the sound of shouting and laughter. I’m standing in the middle of a grassless field, arms outstretched, yelling, “Ghana,…
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“Out of my window looking in the night, I can see the barges’ flickering light. Taking their cargo out into the sea, how I wish someday, they’d take me.” I laugh from…
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There’s a hopeful side to poverty that deserves telling. It’s a perspective I personally find overwhelmingly challenging, yet it’s an attitude my students possess innately. They are optimistic in the face of…
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I came across a phrase that caught my attention while perusing the internet the other day. “Poverty porn.” The article I read discussed how many NGO’s are stuck in a cycle of…
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I’m sitting at an outdoor cafe in Marrakech watching the traffic whiz noisily by and wishing I were anywhere else. I’m the only woman sitting here, surrounded by old men drinking their…