Resting

Sarah rests after 10 vigorous laps around the circle of water to her immediate right. These colorful dugouts, borrowed from an orphanage up the mountain, were not built for speed or stability, but they kept us above water.

Muganero Market Day

June 7th 2006
Lake Kivu sits on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (the DRC). It is surrounded by deliciously green hills, every last inch of which is cultivated with sorghum, maize, beans, potatoes, tea, bananas, bananas, and more bananas. The soaring mountains of Volcanoes National Park, and their famous inhabitants, the mountain gorillas, watch over the lake from the north. Count ... read more

Africa » Rwanda

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

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