http://www.blog.africareporter.net Blog of Africa Reporter Arjen Westra, based in Africa Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:47:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2008/07/08/kenya-coming-up-more-audio/ http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2008/07/08/kenya-coming-up-more-audio/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:44:15 +0000 arjenwestra http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2008/07/08/kenya-coming-up-more-audio/ Warning: getimagesize(/home/arjenwestra/www.blog.africareporter.net/wp-content/uploadsafricatravel/tumbs/tmb_Kenia 130.jpg) [function.getimagesize]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/arjenwestra/www.blog.africareporter.net/wp-content/plugins/mygallery/myfunctions/mygalleryfunctions.php on line 753

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Been a kind of offline (moving in and out almost every country between Kenya and South Africa)in the past months, collecting stories from Africans telling about their lives, their frustrations and most of all: their dreams. I met fishermen on the Cape who are not allowed to fish and had to flee into crime [...]]]> http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2008/07/08/kenya-coming-up-more-audio/feed/ 0 http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2008/05/16/zambia-mister-seaman-from-zimbabwe-you-made-my-morning/ http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2008/05/16/zambia-mister-seaman-from-zimbabwe-you-made-my-morning/#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 14:14:49 +0000 arjenwestra http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2008/05/16/zambia-mister-seaman-from-zimbabwe-you-made-my-morning/ http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2008/05/16/zambia-mister-seaman-from-zimbabwe-you-made-my-morning/feed/ 0 http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/10/20/togo-lome-the-picture-tension-reality-life-goes-on-22/ http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/10/20/togo-lome-the-picture-tension-reality-life-goes-on-22/#comments Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:30:18 +0000 arjenwestra http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/10/20/togo-lome-the-picture-tension-reality-life-goes-on-22/ http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/10/20/togo-lome-the-picture-tension-reality-life-goes-on-22/feed/ 2 http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/09/29/namibia-the-himba-millionaires-5/ http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/09/29/namibia-the-himba-millionaires-5/#comments Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:31:28 +0000 arjenwestra http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/09/29/namibia-the-himba-millionaires-5/ Warning: getimagesize(/home/arjenwestra/www.blog.africareporter.net/wp-content/uploadshimba/tumbs/tmb_HimbaLady.jpg) [function.getimagesize]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/arjenwestra/www.blog.africareporter.net/wp-content/plugins/mygallery/myfunctions/mygalleryfunctions.php on line 753

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That is the name I gave to this small community of Himba people in Namibia’s Northwest where is just passed some days ago. Probabely the only Himba-community with a white female Minister of Finance. Himba’s are to Namibia what the Maasai are to Kenya and Tanzania and Bushmen to Southern Africa. The difference in [...]]]> http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/09/29/namibia-the-himba-millionaires-5/feed/ 0 http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/06/18/kenya-audio-garissa-camel-library-online/ http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/06/18/kenya-audio-garissa-camel-library-online/#comments Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:20:37 +0000 arjenwestra http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/06/18/kenya-audio-garissa-camel-library-online/ http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/06/18/kenya-audio-garissa-camel-library-online/feed/ 5 http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/06/14/tanzania-68198%cb%9a-s-392799%cb%9a-e-for-dar-dreamers/ http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/06/14/tanzania-68198%cb%9a-s-392799%cb%9a-e-for-dar-dreamers/#comments Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:45:46 +0000 arjenwestra http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/06/14/tanzania-68198%cb%9a-s-392799%cb%9a-e-for-dar-dreamers/ http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/06/14/tanzania-68198%cb%9a-s-392799%cb%9a-e-for-dar-dreamers/feed/ 1 http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/06/09/tanzania-community-tourism-initiative/ http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/06/09/tanzania-community-tourism-initiative/#comments Sat, 09 Jun 2007 07:20:05 +0000 arjenwestra http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/06/09/tanzania-community-tourism-initiative/ http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/06/09/tanzania-community-tourism-initiative/feed/ 4 http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/06/08/test/ http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/06/08/test/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:18:52 +0000 arjenwestra http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/06/08/test/ http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/06/08/test/feed/ 0 http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/05/20/kenya-04571%cb%9a-s-396386%cb%9a-e-garissa-camel-library-1/ http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/05/20/kenya-04571%cb%9a-s-396386%cb%9a-e-garissa-camel-library-1/#comments Sun, 20 May 2007 10:42:18 +0000 arjenwestra http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/05/20/kenya-04571%cb%9a-s-396386%cb%9a-e-garissa-camel-library-1/ http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/05/20/kenya-04571%cb%9a-s-396386%cb%9a-e-garissa-camel-library-1/feed/ 0 http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/05/10/kenya-chogoria-community-becomes-share-holder-in-lodge/ http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/05/10/kenya-chogoria-community-becomes-share-holder-in-lodge/#comments Thu, 10 May 2007 11:43:09 +0000 arjenwestra http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/05/10/kenya-chogoria-community-becomes-share-holder-in-lodge/ http://www.blog.africareporter.net/2007/05/10/kenya-chogoria-community-becomes-share-holder-in-lodge/feed/ 0