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Uganda's Scarlett Lion  
Reporter, writer, photojournalist. Going through life with a desire to transform experience through recording it. This lion occupies a flat in Kampala but often trawls the countryside for stories. After more than a year and a half in Uganda, we are still sans safari and therefore sans live lions. A hollowed out plastic toy with a cheap scarlett and black paint job suffices, providing curiosity, cynicism and commentary.

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Foreign Policy: War Criminal Charles Taylor Clears the Courtroom

Jul 29, 2009
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor, who spurred a decade of violence in neighboring Sierra Leone, is on trial for war crimes. Why don't Sierra Leoneans seem to care?

Global Post: Miss Coco's Liberian Barbies

Nov 30, 1999
Cora Taylor holds up a brown Barbie doll outfitted in one of her creations: a long dress and headdress in brightly printed African fabric. “I wanted something else, something that looked like me,” said Taylor, whose full name is Cora Ann...

Old Blue Eyes

Dec 2, 2009
Bendu Varney thinks she is about 90 years old, but isn’t quite sure. An elderly widow, she lost all three of her sons during the war and now there is no one to take care of her. The problem with her eyes makes it look like she’s continuously crying....

Give a Monkey a Biscuit: Photo of the Day

Dec 1, 2009
Just a guess here, but a lollipop and a biscuit are probably not a monkey’s natural diet.

Waiting

Nov 27, 2009
I never cease to be amazed at how much time people spend waiting.

You Give Me Fever

Nov 25, 2009
Post title from Jezebel. Love it! I took this photo on Monday when snapping the Yellow Fever vaccination campaign. A lot of the shots I got from the day are pretty typical and expected, but this girl’s expression helps set the image apart from the...

Little Girls: Photo of the Day

Nov 24, 2009
Sometimes they don’t seem so little.

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Jesse Osmun
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  Really good insights into African issues.. definitely a most for Foreign Policy buffs!
Posted 12/6/09 1:12 PM