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I Will Write More of Africa

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Joel D. Hirst

I will be writing more about Africa. For I am to leave this place, and proximately she will exist only in my memories; in my hopes for a better tomorrow and in my sadness at things unchanged, at suffering unstemmed … Continue reading →

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The Quiet of Unknowing

Posted on January 6, 2019 by Joel D. Hirst

A quiet has descended upon us, a quiet which no longer boasts the great bonfires of old over which the legendary men gathered to tell tales, but which belies the burning manifest instead in trifling tongues which still flicker at … Continue reading →

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My Wars in Africa

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Joel D. Hirst

When we are young we are often told that things will improve. “Change will be made by those who care to fight; who dare to fight” the story goes. “If only more people were involved; for longer; with greater resources, … Continue reading →

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This is Still Africa

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Joel D. Hirst

An old hotel – the venue for our clandestine meeting. Owned by one of Mobutu’s generals; villas with two rooms, a small bedroom licked with candles beside a sitting and dining room lit by a fireplace. Old furniture, too imposing … Continue reading →

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