Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Uzodinwa Iweala's Beasts of No Nation -- about child soldiers --

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/24/books/24iwea.html


Amazing book of 120 pages, I read it during one Chiangmai trip.

Chiangmai is in Thailand.

I have never been to Africa, but like the movies Blood Diamond, Invictus, Cry the Beloved Country etc. this speaks to me.

Kyi May Kaung

5 new species discovered in 2025.

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/31/nx-s1-5662605/five-new-species-discovered-2025?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us