Sometimes I write about Ethiopia and its beauty, which is true, but I forget to mention that I’m speaking from a position of privilege. I have the luxury of being able to have sometimes a romantic view of the country because I can choose where to live and the conditions of how I live. [...]

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I was reading my usual blogs, when I stumbled upon this post and this map:
When I was in school, we studied geography with a map similar to this one:    This is one of the first projection maps of the Earth, done by Gerardus Mercator in 1569!!! You [...]

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You have probably noticed that I added in one of the of right columns a section dedicated to events related with the African community in Argentina. I have mentioned before how the Argentinean society has denied its African origins and many generations grew with the false idea that there where no black people in [...]

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After living for a while in a developed country, you tend to take certain things for granted, like good food, good services, comfort, security, etc. And then you travel abroad and realize that most of the world lives in a way that any American or European citizen would consider impossible. [...]

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