Author: Claire

  • And men with guns

    It’s always dangerous to pass judgement on a country you don’t know, somewhere you have visited for a very short time, as a tourist, not really being part of it. There is a good chance you’re wrong, that your exceptionally limited experience doesn’t give you the full picture. But there are some things you notice,…

  • My Africa

    I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the deserts, the trees, the flowers, the seas and the ever-changing seasons that define the face of our native land. My body has frozen in our frosts and in our latter day snows. It has thawed in the warmth…

  • Too much to say

    I hate it when I can’t write because there is just so, so much to write. I’ve been feeling like my brain will explode a little for a while. Since Tofo or at least Inhambane. This isn’t that. I think there is just so much I want to put on paper before I lose the…