The deafening sounds of the busy city were muted here, muffled by the endless aisles of clothing. A surreal feeling settled over me as I ducked through a door-like gap made by the used shirts that hung from every available crevice. A wide eyed child peered at me but said nothing. Her entrepreneurial mother gave me a suspicious once over before returning to her work. As I continued on, the hushed whisper of ‘muzungu’ heralded my movement.
Author: joelwitwer
“That is the great fallacy; the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.”
– Count Greffi to Mr Henry in “A Farewell to Arms” by Ernest Hemingway
Snaps from Zambia
“What you tell me about in the nights. That is not love. That is only passion and lust. When you love you wish to do things for. You wish to sacrifice for. You wish to serve.”
– the Priest to Mr Henry in A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
We must rapidly…
We must rapidly begin the shift from a “thing-oriented” society to a “person-oriented” society. When machines and computers, profits motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.
– Martin Luther King Jr in Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam
Her body was old and frail, but she was much more than what her appearance hinted at. Born in the backwards countryside of southern Ireland, raised in colonial India, coming of age in wartime London, this woman was not one to be trifled with. Strength radiated from her in droves.
Turkey Alwan Travels