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Dear All,

Pardon my use of simple text edit but the Wi-Fi is down and I find myself with some free time.

A few things have happened since I last wrote. We spent a lovely day at the home of a friend of mine from 40 years ago. Her name is Faye Cran, better known to the locals in Arusha as Mama Kuku (Mother Chicken) after having started up Tanzania's largest chicken hatchery. In addition to developing a home for those with leprosy, she also has worked to confront some of the ethnic groups dreadful belief that use of human albino body parts for magic can bring about desired results. This is a rather recent development and occurs in only a few districts in the country. The country by the way, is experiencing its 5th year of drought so one can expect desperate behaviors to result. Pete O'Neal is reading the children's book Faye helped publish to his children to challenge this belief. Here's a LA Times article on Pete: Former Black Panther patches together purpose in Africa exile - In America, Pete O'Neal was an angry man, an ex-con who found a kind of religion in 1960s black nationalism. In a Tanzania village, he's been a champion of children.

We spent a day in the Taringire National Park. On the way, we went through the Waarusha settlements. They were once Maasai but have converted to a combination of agriculture and cattle keeping. The countryside they have settled in is breathtaking even with the extensive land erosion from sheep and goat grazing, heavy rains, and wind and sand storms. Students are learning about all of this as we go along. So too are they learning about the efforts at conservation and challenges from poaching and use of the park land for agricultural purposes. And they are learning about the economics of tourism and environmental trade offs.. Besides the one day we did a tour in Nairobi, the parks will be our only other moments to experience Africa from a tourist's perspective. You can bet I will call attention to that when our classes officially begin.

Once in the park, we were delighted with the abundance of wild life--hundreds of elephants, some few giraffes, zebras, ostrich, dik dik's gazelles, impalas, water bucks, black rhinos, hippos, lions, fox, wart hogs, a leopard, a cheetah, storks, eagles and a huge array of other colorful birds. It's best known for its birds. Our guide, Julius was brilliant in explaining various forms of adaptation and biological processes. He will be with us when we go to Ngorongoro Crater, Olduvai Gorge and Lake Manyara tomorrow for a three night camp out.

I am surprised how my Swahili is returning. Words I haven't spoken for 40 years just pop back without effort. Why can't that happen with my English? Spanish sometimes still creeps in but I have another week to go before that ceases.

Right now the drums are calling. Students have practiced traditional dancing and have developed a skit from The Lion King. I have a part. Must go.

Love, Mary

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