The Critical Political Africanist

"I unexpectedly found great enthusiasm for my project, but also an equally debilitating sensation of being out of place, once more."

"Jumping off the ferry in Tangier didn’t strike the same chord in me as walking the tarmac in Kilimanjaro"

"...as long as we insist on judging it from a Western perspective, we will be the outsiders -- we will be forever baffled by it."

"It takes people like Mary to demonstrate young girls can break out of the cycle by challenging prescribed day-to-day activities."

"They weave through stalled cars like snakes in the grass, hissing and calling to get your attention."

"I've traded my season's pass for another plane ticket."

"...the privilege plagued lottery ticket that let him be where he is instead of where they are. A chasm of immeasurable difference."

"The majority of smallholder farmers live below the poverty line of US$1.90 per day – or, an annual income of less than $300 per year."