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Category Archives: Africa
Live from around the globe
TVgarden is an amazing website that allows you to tune in to live television broadcasts from around the world. There have been similar sites, but this one really works. However, be prepared to loose an afternoon or evening to fascinating … Continue reading
Black History
The Black History Month Map is a new collaborative and dynamic map developed by kinkofa and PamPam to honor and document the significant places, individuals, and movements that have shaped Black history. To help you explore the invaluable contributions of Black Americans … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Freedom of Speech, History, Maps, USA
Tagged Black History Month, Cartography
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It’s a small world
I’m a huge fan of tilt-shift and timelapse videos. Some of my favs are from Little Big World. Here is a compilation of some favorite clips from previous Little Big World episodes, including Sudan, Hallstatt, Ore Mountains, Melbourne, Doha, Dubai, Kyiv, Chernobyl, … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, Europe, Film, Photography, Public Transport, USA, Writing
Tagged Alaska, Kyiv, Norway, Tilt-shift photography, Timelapse
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There is no love of life without despair of life.
Albert Camus died on this day in 1960. Many have wondered over the last 65 years at an odd bit of trivia about that day when he was killed in a car accident. Why did he have an unused train … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Books, Europe, History, Restaurants, Writing
Tagged Albert Camus, France, KGB, Nobel Prize in Literature, Russia
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Encounters with French culture
Last week, the American Library in Paris announced the winner of their 2024 Book Award, which recognizes titles originally published in English “that best realizes new and intellectually significant ideas about France, the French people, or encounters with French culture.” … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Books, Europe, History, Writing
Tagged Algeria, colonialism, France
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It’s a small world
The older that I get, the more often I stumble on snippets of information online that immediately triggers personal memory links to my own experience. In this category, I recently saw a reference to the innovative science-fiction short La Jetée by the … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Books, Europe, Film, Middle East, movies, Photography, South America, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Chris Marker, France, time travel, Travel Guidebooks
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Geography Is Destiny
I am an open Geography nerd and have been since childhood. One of my most treasured possessions as a kid was my globe. And, my favorite game was actually called “Geography”. So, it will come as no surprise that I … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, Canada, Europe, Maps, Middle East, South America, Tourism, USA
Tagged Geography, YouTube
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Poems on Various Subjects
On September 1, 1773, Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral was published in London, England. Wheatley’s collection was the first volume of poetry by an African-American poet to be published. Regarded as a prodigy by her contemporaries, Wheatley was approximately … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Books, History, USA, Writing
Tagged American Poets, Phillis Wheatley, Poetry
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Who doesn’t love a good Dorling Cartogram
World Population Flags is a Dorling cartogram in which country flags are sized by population. The cartogram is used to visualize where people live around the world and the relative size of each country’s population. Take for a spin. A … Continue reading
Travel Between The Pages 