Lagos We have been informed that an essay I wrote and read for the NPR series, “This I Believe,” will be aired on Monday morning, January 29th, on the “Morning Edition” show. That’s really all we know, so good luck hearing it, and hope you enjoy and let me know what you think of it …
Month: January 2007
Kibera
Nairobi Kibera is widely reported to be the largest slum in Africa, but god only knows who keeps such statistics, because it is certainly not the government of Kenya, nor, anyone else that I can tell. The size is unknown when one strips all of the stories away. Many said 1 million of Nairobi’s 6 …
Settlements of Nairobi
Nairobi I went with six other members of Habitat International–Coalition to see three settlements in Nairobi in the late afternoon of the 3rd day of the World Social Forum. What we saw was disturbing to many of our delegation, yet we were witnessing what were obviously squatting success stories. The first area was on a hillside. The …