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I believe 1 plus 1 adds to more than 2. I believe it adds to 2.024 or 2.6 and sometimes to 3. I believe in the unique contribution of each individual in adding to the collective advancement of a larger cause. And in that, I believe the summation of the whole is always greater than the sum of the parts. And this is the ethos that has philosophized my creative journey since I started. In 2015, I knew that the city of Dar es Salaam had to be archived. Everything was changing, and it was everywhere and every day. The city started to undergo major and rapid transformations that I have never witnessed in my three decades of living in Tanzania. To preserve and reflect on these transformations, I started to photograph the people, their living conditions, the culture they have and the everyday life of everywhere I went in the city. In 2019, collectively with local storytellers from various parts of the city with whom I shared the same vision, we started contributing to archiving the city through Striti za Bongo. Striti za Bongo is the way we claim, celebrate and share the growth of the city of Dar es Salaam, and the larger narrative of 'Africa is Rising'. It's also the way we are stepping forward to participate in the emergence of contemporary art in Africa. Explore Dar es Salaam and Striti za Bongo here >>>https://lnkd.in/dc6zTut8 . . . . . . . #winifridluena #stritizabongo #contemporaryphotography #contemporaryart #daressalaam #tanzania

Why no Western media with boots on the ground in Gaza? I'm doing an article about this anomaly. Mainly I'm examining the consequences of having zero Western correspondents and crews covering the story from inside the Gaza Strip. Media organizations are satisfied relying on Arab stringers. They have served valiantly. Many died. But it's not the same as having a homegrown American on the firing line. Viz. Ernie Pyle. The explanation I've heard is that the Israelis won't allow Western correspondents to enter the war zone. Since when do you wait for permission from Israel or any other belligerent? In 1971 as an LA Times reporter, I defied the Indian Army and entered then-East Pakistan and made my way with 16 other Western reporters to Dacca. Later when I worked for NPR, I defied Israeli restrictions and sneaked into Beirut in 1982 aboard a tramp steamer from Cyprus. Another explanation I've heard is that insurance rates for war zone travel are too high. What's your take on this? Does it make any difference having "home town" reporters on the scene? Should Western media make an issue of getting their own reporters/crews inside? What would you do if the boss said, "Go to Gaza"? #gaza #idf #censorship #warcorrespondent https://lnkd.in/gWfV2XmS

▶️ Watch this reel https://lnkd.in/etAQUmBx This policy is at the heart of the current situation.

#WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity It seems, via T.V. documentaries, there has been eco-tourism & conservancy improvements since I wrote this #poem on Maasai land rights - from WalkaboutsVerse, "Out of Place" https://lnkd.in/gs8d-NT

#WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity It seems, via T.V. documentaries, there has been eco-tourism & conservancy improvements since I wrote this #poem on Maasai land rights - from WalkaboutsVerse, "Out of Place" https://lnkd.in/gs8d-NT

Invisible Ink Ch 8 is about being airlifted from bandits in northern Mozambique who might have had hand-me-down Kalashnikovs and murderous intent. But this account is about so much more that that. It's about the people of Mbamba who were displaced by the security threat, how their food supply was disrupted for a seasons, and what the longer-term causes were for the region's instability. This is one of the many stories that inhabit the negative spaces between the lead-character events that hold our news focus so singularly. They’re the stories that go unseen because there’s no one to witness them, or pay attention, or give their stories a theatre in which to play themselves out before an attentive audience.  Teaser: Imperialism, Colonialism, #ColdWar, predatory #Capitalism, #carbonpollution, #climatecollapse. #Mozambique #OilandGas #fossilfuels The Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre's research into #CaboDelgado and #cyclekenneth helped join the dots of this important but invisible story. We need to tell #GlobalSouth stories because they're drowned out by #GlobalNorth dominated #news agendas. #journalism #memoir #longform #narrative https://lnkd.in/dV-H-PSp

Original research and Esri StoryMap on the topic of indicators of resilience to disaster in Rwanda.

𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿? 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆'𝘀 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆! The rights of the owner of property located along the banks of a river are called: A. riparian rights. B. prior appropriation rights. C. hereditament. D. littoral rights. 𝗔𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿: A. riparian rights. 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Riparian rights apply to properties adjacent to flowing bodies of water like rivers and streams. Riparian rights govern the use and accessibility of the water.

𝗚𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿? 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆'𝘀 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆! The rights of the owner of property located along the banks of a river are called: A. riparian rights. B. prior appropriation rights. C. hereditament. D. littoral rights. 𝗔𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿: A. riparian rights. 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 Riparian rights apply to properties adjacent to flowing bodies of water like rivers and streams. Riparian rights govern the use and accessibility of the water.