Destination: Uganda

Shrinking Planet Headline of the Day: ‘Facebook Swahili Version Launched’

by Jim Benning | 06.15.09 | 2:15 PM ET

Facebook is now available in roughly 50 languages, and Swahili was the second African language to get its own version of the social networking site, the BBC reports.

Tags: Languages, Travel and Technology, Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, News and Briefs, Shrinking Planet

Like Writing on Water

by Christopher Vourlias | 08.06.08 | 11:30 AM ET

Like Writing on Water Photo by Christopher Vourlias

In western Uganda, Christopher Vourlias met Colin, a farmer and poet who questioned the purpose of life while happily revealing the meaning of nohandika ha maiise.

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Tags: Travel Writing, Africa, Uganda

Suffering and Smiling: Vanity Fair Does Africa

by Frank Bures | 06.27.07 | 11:31 AM ET

Vanity Fair Bono Africa cover

Africa is hot. Why? So we can save it? Frank Bures deconstructs the magazine's latest issue and what it says about Western views of the continent.

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Tags: Celebrity Travel Watch, Developing World, Global Village, Media Addict, Africa, Cote d'lvoire, Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros and Mayotte, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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