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How to Make Mudbricks Africa Style: Africa Day 6
This is a post about houses of sticks and houses of bricks and little pigs. But not the three little pigs. Contrary to what The Gods Must be Crazy portrays, life in rural African is not simple or easy. This reality was underscored for me when my brother-in-law and his family took us to see…
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Gisuru School for the Deaf: Africa Day 5
My brother-in-law Danny moved far out into the hills to start a Gisuru School for the Deaf in Burundi. We were able to tour the boarding school and meet a few students.
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A Burundi Wedding: Africa Day 4
What would you do if you were asked to play a role in the wedding of a stranger? In another country? Where you don’t speak the local language?
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A Burundian Dowry Ceremony: Africa Day 3
While we were in Burundi, my sister-in-law Annie let me come with her to a dowry ceremony. This event happens shortly before a wedding, and it entails a dinner and a reception with the exchanging of gifts/bride, speeches . . . and a lot of soda.
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