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Part 1: Uganda's Aloe Vera Industry
	Part 1: Uganda's Aloe Vera Industry This is the first of a series on Aloe Vera farming in Masindi District, in Uganda. Aloe Vera is a succulent plant that is mostly used for medicinal, and cosmetic purposes.

Part 2: Uganda's Aloe Vera Industry
	Part 2: Uganda's Aloe Vera Industry This is the second of a series on Aloe Vera farming in Masindi District, in Uganda. In this part, we will address Hajji Ali Sessanga, the man who made a questionable salespitch to farmers.

A photo essay on Nepal
	A photo essay on Nepal In 1986, I traveled to Nepal, through India, making my first trip out of North America; my first chance to see how the rest of the world lives.

Nuns in Nairobi Museum
	Nuns in the Nairobi Museum Stephen Partington gets cloistered in his second poem on Imagine Culture.

Inside The Convent
Reply to Steve Partington's ‘Nuns. Khainga takes leave from his walk down K-Street to peer through the Convent.

Spring was coming, spring is coming?
	Spring was coming, spring is coming? Insect bites/mosquito stings on bare skin, butterflies crawling out of their cocoons, birds chirping. Sun shining, blue skies. Clear nights. The scent of mowed lawns, wet earth after a short bout of rain. The scent of manure (eeew); the smell of spring – achoo! Hay fever.

Liveblog: US Presidential Debate; Town Hall
	Liveblog: US Presidential Debate \|Town Hall The second US presidential debate is bound to be another interesting moment on the race to the White House. While the first debate was on foreign policy, and the third will be on the country's failing economy, this debate will have a town hall meeting style.

Private thoughts of a public man
	private thoughts of a public man... Poet Mike Kwambo pulls the strings on our series on K-Street otherwise, called NairobiI's Red Light District. This poem could as well be meant for performance. Read on.

Changing Kisumu: the Asian exodus
Changing Kisumu: The Asian exodus As we descended into Kisumu last month, I tried to imagine what it was like during the post-election violence.

Darfur, ICC and the new humanitarian order

Darfur, ICC and the new humanitarian order
On July 14, after much advance publicity and fanfare, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court applied for an arrest warrant for the president of Sudan, Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir, on charges that included genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Important questions of fact arise from the application as presented by the prosecutor. But even more important is the light this case sheds on the politics of the “new humanitarian order.”

Mbeki, the ANC and the Political Parties Act
The resignation of Thabo Mbeki from the South African Presidency is the biggest victory for democracy in Africa in recent times.

Liveblog US VP Debates
	Liveblog: US VP Debate Last week Senators Barack Obama and John McCain battled it out on foreign policy at Old Miss. Here is the link to our coverage of that debate. The liveblog/chat was really great. It was interesting to see the different reactions from our readers as we chat during the debate. ...

Do European banks need a bailout? And by whom?
	Do European banks need a bailout? And by whom? As the fallout from the financial crisis continues to spread, it is striking to see a new phase of failures amongst European banks.

Motorshow: Concours d'Elegance
	Motorshow: Concours d'Elegance I was at the 2008 The Schweppes Africa Concours d'Elegance. I have posted pictures that I took.

A Road Less Travelled in Tsavo
	A Road Less Travelled in Tsavo I first visited Kajire Village early last year when we went to drop our daughter’s nanny home on our way to Tsavo East National Park for the Easter holidays. As we drove along the murram road with a backdrop of the ever green Sagala hills, images from Stanley Gazemba’s novel, “Stone Hills of Maragoli” flooded my mind.

Some lessons from Bailout Week
	Some lessons from Bailout Week While I still haven't seen the details of the now apparently agreed bailout as I write this [on Sunday afternoon], it is rather unlikely that the final version is going to be very satisfactory and that the following notes will be contradicted by the final result:

Brown Trash Beautiful
Brown Trash Beautiful A poem.

Change
Change Neema Ngwatilo's second poem in Imagine Culture.

Peru: Macchu Pichu
	Peru: Macchu Pichu I traveled to Peru to see the Inca ruins at Macchu Pichu; in search of landscapes. Here I was captivated by street scenes, a new palette, another culture living in the shadow of great mountains: the Andes.

Male Circumcision: The Priceless Cut?
	Male Circumcision: The Priceless Cut? Several years ago, I conducted an ethnographic study on people's knowledge, attitudes and beliefs towards medical research using a trial on male circumcision as a case study in a town in western Kenya.