The Power of Community Radio in the Internet Age
By Birgitte Jallov, founder of EMPOWERHOUSE. Cholera outbreaks were a recurring problem in Dondo, Central Mozambique, resulting in 200 painful deaths each year. Once the community radio station...
Liberia – a First Visit
I’ve been to nearly half of the countries in Africa, but this is my first visit to Liberia – the first African country to elect a female president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. Sitting in the window seat of an old Ethiopian Airways plane, I noticed a fleet of UN helicopters…
The Wives of the Sultan
Not only were they the first wives of a sultan I had ever met, I was the first person outside their family to ever meet with the Sultans of Air in Agadez.