Just over 5 years ago, I needed a black doll for my play that was to show at the Kenya National Theatre. I thought I could walk into any toy …
Month: April 2022
What Were We Capable Of?
A student once shared an interesting anecdote about his travel to Rwanda where he noted that the word “genocide” existed only in French translation and none in Kinyarwanda. By this, …
Lemon-Pepper
I’m parked out at Aldi about to go in and buy lemon-pepper. I open the door but I’m arrested by the story on NPR. About a man in India trying …
American Belonging
We got there and weren’t sure which of the two houses was the “last on your left” as per instructions we got from our host. They both occupied that same …