21 dec
Dad and I arrived safely and happily in Arusha last night and we have already gone out for a sunburn. I missed Africa. Tanzania has some of the same smells common in West Africa — some mixture of hot dust, open cooked food, ripe fruit, and burning trash. It’s also incredibly dark at night [...]
The young human ear responds to air pressure variations between 16 Hz and 20 kHz, which is roughly one octave below and less than three octaves above the range of an 88 key concert piano. As we age, our range decreases anywhere from these ten octaves to silence.
Shop owners have created the equivalent of a [...]
Kiswahili is a Bantu language of east africa with the most speakers of all Sub-Saharan African languages. With five million first-language speakers, and spoken by over 50 million people, Kiswahili has become a lingua franca for East Africa and surrounding areas.
The name ‘Kiswahili’ comes from the plural of the Arabic word sahel ساحل: sawahil سواحل [...]
Lille navleøje
sover bag min trøje.
Når jeg løfter kjolen
blinker det mod solen.
- Halfdan Rasmussen
Next month I’ll be starting intensive Danish classes from level zero (which is just a little above my current comprehension level). I expect it will be a bit draconian, but the word on the street is that it works. I’ll be alternating between four hours of class and four hours of homework daily. I’ll be [...]