OK, so what if Chicken Little was right? Chicken Little is that bird who got hit on the head by a falling acorn and then ran around screaming “The sky is falling!” He got all his forest friends in an alarmist tizzy and, on their way to tell the king, they were summarily fooled and eaten by that Foxy Loxy.
At some point, there’ll be a new Earth Read More »
While here in the heart of Africa, I think of Canada often. Fall is no exception.
‘He shoots! He scores!’ – Uganda-style Read More »
It’s hard to know most days what might go through the mind of any three-year-old, let alone an orphan from Africa.
Orphans want to be loved, wherever they are Read More »
If I have one urgent piece of practical advice for young men today, it’s this: Look forward with great hope to the day you marry and have children.
For dads and dad-dads everywhere Read More »
Is it the global credit crisis? Is it the evil that lurks? Or is the world just getting madder? Whatever the cause, there’s a spike in ritual murders in this impoverished African country.
Witch doctors, spirits and killings Read More »
KAMPALA, Uganda✦
So you think you feel good about what unfolded south of Canada’s border on Nov. 4?
You should see the party in Africa.
There has been dancing in the streets, public holidays and general high-fives from nationals to diplomats to expatriates, all convinced that, as one Ugandan paper put it, “America is reborn.”
Africans are caught up in Obama’s hope Read More »
We’re in the middle of East Africa’s savannah, about to be eaten by nearby lions.
Up close with the lions, crocodiles Read More »
KAMPALA, UGANDA ✦A pregnant woman here in Uganda’s capital was recently beheaded by her husband. Maurine Ampire, 38, was a mother getting close to delivering number six.
It’s one picture of life here, and a comparable image to the lack of voice that pregnant women have worldwide. No voice. No choice. Just death, and often violently.
Maternal health must top agendas Read More »
