Hot off the presses comes a beautiful and deeply researched book by anthropologist Dr. Ian Dicks about the Amacinga Yawo people of southern Malawi. Titled “An African Worldview: The Muslim Amacinga Yawo of Southern Malawi” (Kachere Press, 2012), I was proud to provide the cover photo as well as the author headshot on the back. …
In March of 2011, our team set out on a project that appeared to be pretty straight forward and would really help a nearby community provide more consistent education to the younger children. In a village just a few kilometers up the road from my house sits a 2-room school house built by the Portuguese …
During rainy season, a LOT of folks in our area relocate temporarily to a land where the soil is more fertile and the rains come just a bit earlier. It’s only a half-days walk away but, as it is on the other side of the small mountain chain, it can feel a bit like a …
In February of last year, I joined a friend of mine for a trip out to this village I had never visited before where a friendly Muslim Sheik was due to greet us. He had been warned we were on the way and he was prepared to allow us to photograph him and his family. …