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This is a “local color” novelette that is another very early work of Kiswahili prose. In its depiction of life in a typical Zanzibari village, it is perhaps more informative of local customs than of notable literary value. The two main characters,…

The feeling of giving a person all you have like your heart and soul while you are left with nothing.

I took this photo of Puente Nuevo, a bridge in Ronda, Spain. It connects the two sides of the city over the El Tajo gorge.

This is a photo of the Plaza De Espana in Seville, Spain. It mixes several architectural techniques together and was built for the Ibero-American Exposition in 1929.

I took this photo in Redwoods national park. I thought the bridge leading off into the woods looked beautiful.

George Orwell’s Animal Farm is quite possibly the most politicized text to be translated into the Swahili language. The text first appeared in 1967, the same year as the ujamaa socialist scheme was introduced in Tanzania. It was meant by the…

This book explores the visible and invisible histories of Murōji, a Shingon sect temple, established in the late 8th century, which welcomed women unlike other temples at that time. By untangling the layers of complexity of the temple, the author…