Tag Archives: Kigali ‘Danger Petroleum’ were the words written on the back of the semi-trailer crawling up the winding mountainside. We passed through thick plumes of black smoke as our driver spotted an opportunity to overtake. With his left hand he manoeuvred the minivan and continued chatting on his mobile phone. We rounded the corner and successfully swerved...  Yesterday we left Kigali on a highway towards new adventures. Our aim: to go on safari in Akagera National Park, on Rwanda’s eastern edge. A stunning region holding lush green mountains, acacia tree fringed savannah plains and glassy lakes teeming with wildlife, Akagera houses several of the ‘Big 5’ game animals. Even so, it is...  Now I don’t know about you, but my mental picture of what Africa is like is fairly limited. I’d never stepped foot on the land, but had several ideas stencilled on my mind from years of news coverage. Poverty, tragedy, corruption and disease are often media bywords for Africa’s post-colonial history. Of course, we know...  After several long hours waiting in the stale heat of Nairobi’s airport late on Saturday night we made our way to a small ‘commuter jet’ bound for Rwanda. The flight was full of African business people – from all sorts of different backgrounds. As probably the only ‘backpacker’ types we’d started to stand out a... |
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Stu Harris is a commercial photographer and documentary media producer based in Tasmania, Australia. 
Jim Collins is a pastor, speaker and freelance writer. He is also co-founder of Love in Action,