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Hate Up Close (Photo Essay)

"All art is propaganda and ever must be, despite wailing of purists...I do not care a damn for any art that is not used for propaganda. B...

Protesting In Trump Country (Photo Essay)

I waited a bit to share these photos for a few reasons: first, they’re a little disturbing, and depending on your background, potentially...

Reaching New Heights (Nomad Magazine)

At Lukenya, a golden-copper vista of jumbled granite cliffs that glitters over Mombasa Highway just north of Machakos, Samson Mwangi glid...

Ol'Doinyo'Orok (The Black Mountain)

For anyone growing up under Kilimanjaro, the inimitable snow-capped peak rising from the Kenyan and Tanzanian plains, there is a second m...

Kilimanjaro

The Great White Mountain. Kilima Njaro. Ol’doinyo’oibor. The Roof of Africa. No mountain captures the imagination quite like Africa’s tal...

Ground Control to Ranger Tom

Ranger Tom, in his camouflage and galoshes, is a native of Meru, the gorgeous green hills east of Mt. Kenya. He has worked for the Kenya ...

A Note On Traffic

A quick note on traffic: I’m not sure how it’s possible, but there are both more vehicles and more pedestrians in Nairobi than anywhere I...

Kirinyaga

I just spent 10 consecutive nights on Mt. Kenya, Kirinyaga, the heart and lifeblood of the country that’s inherited its name. Ascending M...

That Tennessee Sandstone

[Originally published in Nashville Fit Magazine, Spring 2017] Somewhere deep in the Tennessee woods, budding green with spring life and f...

Team Tengeneza

They wanted to call themselves Team Simba, but I protested; it was so touristy. So they consented to “Team Tengeneza,” which means to cre...

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