Articles in the “people” category

Tomorrow, vote your conscious

How to vote in Zimbabwe tomorrow.

Zimbabwe: A photographic look back

MSNBC.com has a wonderful compilation of photographs depicting Zimbabwe’s history since the mid-1970’s that’s absolutely worth a look.
And, on Flickr, a Zimbabwean has posted a shot of what hyperinflation looks like.

Another day in paradise

Major news organizations are reporting this morning that Zimbabwean presidential hopeful, Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, has been arrested and is being detained in Lupane, Zimbabwe. The reason for his and 14 of his fellow-MDC party officials’ detainment? Campaigning. And they’ve been told they’re at the police station awaiting a “commanding [...]

America, this is our moment

One of the best speeches I’ve heard in recent memory — and it’s not just the speech, it’s the way he delivered it. This guy has got it.
The journey will be difficult. The road will be long. I face this challenge — I face this challenge with profound humility and knowledge of my own limitations, [...]

A country patient for 28 years

Patience is not a virtue in southern Africa.

Zamma, the orphaned African elephant

If you can, help an orphaned Zambezi elephant.

Come home and vote

From a friend in Zimbabwe, this photo. His caption:
“Sign board as one leaves Zim and arrives into Musina, South Africa…for the Zimbabwean border jumpers, sort of (they don’t use the roads)”
The sign reads (in small print): just remember, your country still needs you… come home at election time and vote for FREE. A sign of [...]

Words to live by

He said, “… and this song starts:”
“We were ring-around-the-rosy children
They were circles around the sun
Never give up, never slow down
Never grow old, never ever die young”
Always good advice. From Never Die Young on James Taylor’s One Man Band DVD I’m watching now.

Just End It

War.

Traveling with a Purpose

Few American presidents have had more impact out of office than they did in the White House. William Jefferson Clinton aims to be one.