(Originally posted on Blogspot on January 19, 2009) Today, while packed efficiently in the daladala with about 20 other passengers, I heard over the radio a short Obama intro followed …

(Originally posted on Blogspot on November 4, 2008) Sitting here watching the final moments of the campaign on CNN, I’m wondering how much I’ve actually learned about the candidates over …

(Originally posted on Blogspot on November 3, 2008) I sit here at home in sticky Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, watching the BBC countdown to the American presidential election. The two …