Africa House Fellowship

When you look at a map of the newly inaugurated Addis Ababa-Djibouti railway, it looks relatively straightforward: from Point A to Point B. From Sebeta, a suburb on the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital, to the Port of Doraleh, a newly built port in Djibouti along the Red Sea’s important maritime shipping route. But the relationships … Continue reading Grace Easterly, Africa House Fellowship, Ethiopia

The train departs from the station at five in the morning, after the merchandise, suitcases, covert bags of khat, and plastic gas cylinders have been loaded on to fill the overhead compartments, under the seats, and in the spaces between the aisles. More than 100 years old, with graffiti in Amharic, English, French and Somali … Continue reading Grace Easterly, Africa House Fellowship, Ethiopia

Nina Weithorn Gallatin Africa House Fellowship Cape Town, South Africa Its midday in Makhaza, one of the many former townships established during Apartheid, and I am in the backseat of a passenger van with my supervisor who is trying with great difficulty to direct the driver through the narrow and sporadically marked streets. Although apartheid … Continue reading Florence, a Home Gardener in Makhaza, South Africa

Nina Weithorn Gallatin Africa House Fellowship Cape Town, South Africa Just east of the main city center of Cape Town, South Africa, in the Constantia region, lies a tiny agricultural haven among vast wine vineyards and suburban homes. Soil for Life, a non-profit organization that teaches subsistence farming in township communities, established their main offices … Continue reading Sustainable Agriculture in Cape Town, South Africa