A while back - and by this I mean, a few years ago - a colleague started a conversation about 'Africa' with me by asking, "What does it LOOK like where you live?" Knowing this individual well enough, I could see that she had been thinking for weeks about how to ask the right, most intelligent question about a part of the world that was totally unfamiliar to her. And now, knowing my own tendency to write long, carefully crafted missives rather than brief updates, I see that this is probably in fact a good question. So I thought I would share a few images.
Going up into the Delta, July 2006 (the water is, in fact, quite cold in winter)
MaSubia Cultural Festival, Bukalo Kuta south of Katima Mulilo, Caprivi Strip, Namibia
Grass basket wrapped with palm leaf strips
Ballot counting for a new management in Kwandu Conservancy, also in the Caprivi Strip
My tent inside my research assistant's courtyard in Choi village, Caprivi (one of my study sites)
My friends Rosemary's daughter doing her best to make off with my sunglasses at the annual Ngoma Market Crafts Festival, Caprivi
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