Biking Bujumbura
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I am from Washington DC, a writer and photographer and biker who now calls Ghana (and formerly Pakistan, then Burundi) home.
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Burundi's Biking Bananas! 2
Posted on 21/04/2011
This little video of mine - about cargo bikers in the tiny African country of Burundi - debuted at the April 2011 Filmed By Bike weekend, a Portland, Oregon festival dedicated to short...
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Burundi's Biking Bananas!
Posted on 06/04/2011
Though I haven't lived in Burundi for about a year now, I still have good memories - and plenty of photos - of the place. Which is why, when my independent filmmaker friend Mike Vogel...
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Biking Bujumbura Map
Posted on 03/02/2010
While biking in Bujumbura's hills on my trusty Specialized mountain bike, I've been trying to keep track of where I go and how I got there. And since I enjoy making an...
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Climbing the 'Collines'
Posted on 01/02/2010
On Friday I went for a ride in the collines, or hills, just outside Bujumbura. While I am often, on these rides, driven to get in as many kilometers as possible, this time I gave...
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Yearning to Photo Free
Posted on 26/01/2010
Now that I've been in Burundi for awhile, I see it increasingly through the eyes of a resident. I'm still set apart from your average Burundian by skin and by language, but...
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Toy Story, Burundi-Style (1)
Posted on 04/12/2009
On bike rides in the hills outside of Bujumbura, I get a fun look at what kids in a developing country come up with for toys. Ain't no Toys R Us here, no hobby...
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I Heart (My View Of) Congo
Posted on 04/12/2009
Now that the rains have been around awhile and cleared the air, I have a view of the Democratic Republic of Congo from my porch. Where before there was only Bujumbura town, then...
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The White Man Performs, or 'Mzungu' in the Market
Posted on 25/11/2009
Last week I did my first performance art piece in Burundi. I didn't intend to. When you're a white man in Africa, these things just happen. I went to the central...
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Runnin' With the Bikes
Posted on 20/11/2009
It's taking me a long time to get the news in Burundi. There's interesting things going on, but all the notices are in French, and besides, I don't know where to look...
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'Quartier' My Blues Away
Posted on 09/10/2009
A few weeks back I had a case of the blues. A whole sack-full of funk. A real mother-lode of melancholy. It was gonna take more than a stream, more than a river even, to keep me...
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