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Feathery feets

I had never before seen a chicken with feathers on her feet. But all th echickens in the Bvumba looked like this. Cookadoodledooooou!


From: Africa » Zimbabwe » Bulawayo

Zimbabwean  Flag The UK annexed Southern Rhodesia from the South Africa Company in 1923. A 1961 constitution was formulated that favored whites in power. In 1965 the government unilaterally declared its independence, but the UK did not recognize the act and demanded ... [read more]
Blog: A fading hope
Date: December 18th 2006

The train had stopped.

My thin sarong and I had spent the night in a stillborn struggle against the cold night air that blew through the broken window of our compartment. To be awoken by the chattering of a thousand voices was nothing but a well-earned relief. A hodgepodge of odds and ends was offloaded in a commotion of big-mamas, then stowed into already cramped taxis and taken to ... read more


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