Johannesburg: We marched the short distance from our hotel up the hill and then down several blocks until we saw the tall building with COSATU House in large letters at the very top.  Once on the 10th floor of this building, one could see all of downtown Jo-burg across the train tracks and the Mandela Bridge …

Nairobi: This is a huge city yet it seems small in its own way because there is a feeling of the countryside that seems to prevail everywhere in the red dirt paths and constant movement of people  along Ngong Road and the busiest streets and the jumble of Uhuru Park next to the dense but understated …