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by Jyl Johnson Pattee on July 29th, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Fashion—Today, I visited Kibera—the largest slum in Nairobi.
Let's get one thing out of the way right off the bat. I hate the word "slum." It sounds so dirty, depressing, and socio-economically divisive. I'm sure the word isn't intended to convey that meaning, but in my mind it…
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by Jyl Johnson Pattee on July 25th, 2011 | Comments Off on Malaria or a Middle Seat: Day 1 in Kenya
Kenya—Today, after 48 hours, I arrived in Kenya. It’s really quite a long story and I’m jet lagged, but needless to say, the flight attendant told us, an hour and a half into our Detroit to Amsterdam flight that we needed to turn back around and go to Detroit…
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