by Kendra Poole | Jun 15, 2016 | Africa, Stories
July 27, 2014 On the ferry ride over to Robben Island, I rejoiced in the good weather. The boat climbed and summited the swells, launching us into each trough with a burst of exciting, frothy sea. I clamored to the edge, as close to the water – and its amatuer mosaic...
by Kendra Poole | Jun 14, 2016 | Africa, Morocco, Poetry
Walking in Marrakech An afternoon coated with raw meat, curry, urine, leather, donkey shit. Multilingual chatter of the souk: so many bells and wagon wheels, motorcycles and metal welders and, in the thick of it all, the hiss of a cobra. Henna designs spilling up...
by Kendra Poole | Jun 14, 2016 | Africa, Stories, Tanzania
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 Excerpted from the online blog I kept while working with the 2Seeds Network in Tanzania. En Route It smells like gasoline, sweat, and ginger. “Unaenda wapi? Unaenda wapi?” Where are you going? Where are you going? Twenty-some people...
by Kendra Poole | Jun 13, 2016 | Africa, Stories, Tanzania
Thursday, November 21, 2013 Excerpted from the online blog I kept while working with the 2Seeds Network in Tanzania. It crept up slow at first, stalked me – like any tropical menace worth its salt. A tinge of a headache in the morning, an uneasy stomach on the bus to...
