I spent the weekend in Stone Town going to the events of the Festival of the Dhow Countries, listening to Taarab music, eating ever more seafood, and watching loads of films at the Zanzibar International Film Festival.
Other highlights included making friends with a tour operator, going to his house and meeting all of his family, and moderating a debate for a class he teaches! The students are learning English, and many of them hadn't ever met a native English speaker. The students were all ages--mostly secondary school aged though--and from a moderate Muslim community. The debate was essentially "Is it a good idea to be dating someone while in secondary school?"--
I'm now back in Kisumu and greatly anticipate seeing what progress has come on the VCT center tomorrow when I get back to ICODEI/Kabula. Also, it'll be nice to see the family again, and the other volunteers.
I have loads of rather nice photos that I'll be posting soon!
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