AFRICAN SOUL

African Soul

Were he alive, you could bet your life that Ryszard Kapuściński would be in the thick of the current unrest in Kenya after Mwai Kibaki was officially re-elected last week amidst claims of fraud from opposition leader Raila Odinga.

News surfaced yesterday of 30 people burned to death in a church they hoped might provide them with shelter. Some 300 or so are confirmed dead in total, and that number continues to rise. This is the bad side of Africa, the volatility, the clan mentality, the violence; and all this in one of the continent’s most stable countries. As Desmond Tutu said today, “”This is a country that has been held up as a model of stability.” No longer.

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Categories Politics Tags Icons Politics Travel

By on 3/1/08

1938 - 2007

1938 - 2007

It’s 1974. You’re strapped into a makeshift rocket pointed directly upwards. You’re staring straight at the sky. Pretty much all you can see is blue, although you can just about make out the canyon somewhere beneath you - the one you’re about to jump. On a bike. You can see nothing else below you or beside you. The only way is up. Don’t fancy it? Tough. You’re on national television, you’re Evel Knievel, and there’s no going back.

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Categories Fun General Tags Icons Motorcycles

By on 5/12/07

WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT EH?

What's It All About Eh?

Cyclists. Unnecessarily tight clothing. Difficult to get past in your car.

That’s about as much as I knew about those who choose to cycle mile after mile on their beloved weekends. But that’s because I didn’t understand the sport at all. And not understanding something invariably means it means nothing.

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Categories Sport Words Tags Cycling Icons Sport

By on 15/11/07

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