Mikume-zebra running from bus

kigoma

August 26th 2006
i lied because kigoma and lake tanganika are not options. i am in kigoma. this is the real africa, thats all i can really say. the train, it was bush the whole way long. 2 days of the train and all there was was bush and the occassional small village. now i am in kigoma. real africa here. lots of congolese refugees and burundi people and its a totally different atmosphere. mountains on the ... read more

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Shortly after independence, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of Tanzania in 1964. One-party rule came to an end in 1995 with the first democratic elections held in the country since the 1970s. Zanzibar's semi-autonomous status and po... ... read more

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Laura Lawler

I am a student going to Sarah Lawrence College in New York originally from Washington DC and Virginia. I study environmentalism, public health, and visual art--focusing where those fields intersect. I enjoy taking life easy, fishing, farming, getting into gritty political argument, museums, sensory experience, new things, old things, but mostly good things that are good not only for me but for the great --us-- that includes everyone visiting this blog and not. This blog is to keep up on my semester abroad at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. I hope its helpful and enjoyable to thos... full info

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