From Johannesburg to Kampala by bus
When the archbishop closed the seminary in Johannesburg and let me go— something I have definite opinions about and plan to discuss, I’m sure, off and on later on— I decided to travel to Kampala and...
View Article110507 Finally on the road— in Botswana!
“Bechuanaland”. That’s what Botswana used to be. Always kind of vague on where it was, when I read those old anthropology reports. Anyway, it’s the one economy in Africa that’s supposed to be strong,...
View Article110508 Gabarone, Francistown, Bulawayo
As I said, Gabarone was so horrendously expensive that I just got up, meditated, ate breakfast, and caught a bus for Francistown, not far from the Zimbabwe border, as soon as I could. These ladies, who...
View ArticleMore on Invisible Children
This article in Guernica Magazine is another very good discussion of the Invisible Children organization and its Kony2012 campaign. You might also read, if you haven’t seen it, today’s news, Uganda...
View ArticleInvisible Children vs St Nicholas African Education Fund!
A friend on Facebook points out that only 32% of the funds taken in by Invisible Children actually ends up in Uganda— and that a goodly portion ends up in the pockets of the Ugandan military (known...
View ArticleNodding Disease
Someone just sent me this link about a new disease striking families in Northern Uganda. I’ve heard of it, but haven’t ever seen anything specific about it until now. It’s not known what causes it, or...
View ArticleMore Disturbing Info on the Kony2012 Campaign
This link contains a youtube in which Jason Russell, cofounder of Invisible Children, speaks of the group’s video as a ‘Trojan Horse to get into the schools’. Russell doesn’t go into it here, but he...
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