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To the Heart of Africa

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September 19th 2007
Getting Closer From London to Nairobi, Kenya After the layover in London, we flew to Nairobi. Apparently I was a little too naive to know that you just do not take photographs in the airport at Nairobi, Kenya. I had taken several when we got off the plane -- on the tarmac, the old-fashioned way, coming down the stairs in the outdoors. We stood in a very long line for our transfer b ... read more

Africa » Rwanda » Ville de Kigali » Kigali

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In 1959, three years before independence from Belgium, the majority ethnic group, the Hutus, overthrew the ruling Tutsi king. Over the next several years, thousands of Tutsis were killed, and some 150,000 driven into exile in neighboring countries. T... ... read more