Dan Whipple is a writer living in Nairobi, Kenya, and Boulder, Colorado, which is a pretty good trick. Peace reigns in Kenya election, so far. Voters waiting their turn in Kibera. Photo by Peter Ombedha, courtesy Ghetto Mirror. Kenya is holding an historic election this week, the first under its new constitution, so the. From 8 am to midnight. And Raila Odinga, with 42 percent. Only about 30 percent of the ballots had been counted by the end of the day Tuesday.

On Monday April 8th, just after dusk on a crowded road near my flat in Upanga, Dar es Salaam, a man was shot dead. A man that survived the 1982 bakery fire in Moshi, which killed my grandfather. A man that I conversed with every day after early morning prayers. Creating A World We Are Proud To Live In. I stepped off the plane onto the platform of Julius.

Living and learning while working abroad. There is a gash under my left eye. My big toe is in pain; the toenail is bleeding on the inside. And my body is burning up, though it is around -7 degrees. Today, after eating dinner with my host family, the daughter approached me with a mischievous smile on her face.