HIV/AIDS continues to lead the list of the top ten causes of death in Zambia. This post is one in a series of short posts including the number 10 in the first sentence, a requirement of the San Diego Writers and Editors Guild anthology submission in 2021. Image credit: Photo of AIDS in Africa posterContinue reading “Z is for Ten in Zambia”
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A is for Ten in Africa
Top of the list of the ten most impressive sites in Africa is Victoria Falls in Zambia and Zimbabwe. If you choose to go there, watch out for Devil’s Pool, a natural pool atop Victoria Falls that far too many visitors choose to swim in to dare the devil. They say no one has everContinue reading “A is for Ten in Africa”
Book Review: Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness is Alexandra Fuller’s second book covering her family’s experience in east Africa. The first, Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, which her mother describes as an Awful Book, tells the story from her perspective. In Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness, she expands the story to includeContinue reading “Book Review: Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness”
Book Review: Scribbling the Cat
“The windows of the pickup were rolled down because we, in common with everyone else in this part of the world, were jealous of every drop of fuel we spent. And, under these circumstances, air-conditioning (like the exorcism of war memories and the act of writing about it) was an unpardonable self-indulgence. K had goneContinue reading “Book Review: Scribbling the Cat”
Book Review: Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
Alexandra Fuller’s first memoir covers her childhood in Africa, including stints at boarding schools far from her parents, ending with her marriage to an American who brought her out of Africa and into another land. Her parents were grounded in Africa, her mother by birth and her father by experience. Yet after the death of theirContinue reading “Book Review: Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight”
Z is for Zambia
“White Rhino” (CC BY 2.0) by SarahDepper I never wanted to go to Africa. I was sure of it. That is, until I went to Yemen, another place I never wanted to go. But a good reason to go to Yemen came along. And I am so very pleased. I enjoyed Yemen so much more than I hadContinue reading “Z is for Zambia”
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