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Geneva Overholser
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Veteran newspaperwoman. Journalism critic. Democracy lover. Trying to feel hope.
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I just want to note how much admiration I have for Karen Bass and Muriel Bowser -- serious, substantial, calm, thoughtful, strong mayors keeping their cities' best interests in focus in an impossible situation. Wow.
August 12, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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And the Times’ Position on Endorsing Is…?
Behind The New York Times’ recent mishmash of a non-endorsement editorial – the one urging readers not to choose Zohran Mamdani for mayor – lies a backstory (or two or three) worth parsin…
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July 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS New York City March” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
NO KINGS New York City March · Mobilize
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
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June 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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AFRICA DAYS, compiled
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AFRICA DAYS, compiled
This is a compilation of serialized posts, published online from February to May 2025, about my years living and traveling in Africa half a century earlier.
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June 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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While Trump wastes millions on a military parade in DC, we're mobilizing everywhere else to show that organized people power is stronger than his authoritarian aspirations. app.sosha.ai/s/LzAza9UM
Join me on June 14
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June 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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AFRICA DAYS: The Finale
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AFRICA DAYS: The Finale
Note: Africa Days is a series of posts based on journals and letters from my years living in Kinshasa and traveling across Africa, beginning in 1974.
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May 29, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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AFRICA DAYS 20: The Splendid Sahara, After All
Note: Africa Days is a series of posts based on journals and letters from my years living in Kinshasa and traveling throughout Africa, beginning in 1974.
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May 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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AFRICA DAYS 19: Glorious Morocco -- and Autumn, at Last
Note: Africa Days is a series of posts based on journals and letters from my years living in Kinshasa and traveling across Africa, beginning in 1974.
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May 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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AFRICA DAYS 18: The Dogon People, a Desert Decision and Dakar
Note: Africa Days is a series of posts based on journals and letters from my years living in Kinshasa and traveling across Africa, beginning in 1974.
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May 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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AFRICA DAYS 17: Ghana's tragic and wondrous offerings, Luxury in Abidjan
Note: Africa Days is a series of posts based on journals and letters from my years living in Kinshasa and traveling across Africa, beginning in 1974.
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April 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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AFRICA DAYS 16: Benin, Togo and the Pleasure of Life in Miles Motuka
Miles on the beach in Benin
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April 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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AFRICA DAYS 15: Cultural Treasures of Nigeria
Note: Africa Days is a series of posts based on journals and letters from my years living in Kinshasa and traveling across Africa, beginning in 1974.
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April 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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AFRICA DAYS 14: West Africa Beckons
Note: Africa Days is a series of posts based on journals and letters from my years living in Kinshasa and traveling across Africa, beginning in 1974.
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April 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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AFRICA DAYS 13: Leaving Zaire
Note: Africa Days is a series of posts based on journals and letters from my years living in Kinshasa and traveling across Africa, beginning in 1974.
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April 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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AFRICA DAYS 12: Ruwenzori Summit and Ituri Rainforest
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AFRICA DAYS 12: Ruwenzori Summit and Ituri Rainforest
Note: Africa Days is a series of posts based on journals and letters from my years living in Kinshasa and traveling across Africa, beginning in 1974.
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March 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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AFRICA DAYS 11: Ptolemy’s Mountains of the Moon
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March 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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AFRICA DAYS 10: Rainy Season, Bush Travel and Prep for the Drive Out
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AFRICA DAYS 10: Rainy Season, Bush Travel and Prep for the Drive Out
Note: Africa Days is a series of posts based on journals and letters from my years living in Kinshasa and traveling across Africa, beginning in 1974.
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March 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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AFRICA DAYS 9: Poling in the Okavango Swamp, South Africa Whiplash
Note: Africa Days is a series of posts based on journals and letters from my years living in Kinshasa and traveling across Africa, beginning in 1974.
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March 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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AFRICA DAYS 7: Destination Kilimanjaro
“Our 77-day summer adventure began with a flight from Kinshasa to Nairobi on June 7 (1975).
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March 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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AFRICA DAYS 6: Climbing Mount Nyiragongo, Walking in Rwanda
The volcano that was to be the final part of our 1975 spring-break tour is considered Africa’s most dangerous. As was typical of travel in…
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March 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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AFRICA DAYS 5: A Gorilla Trek and Our First Game Park
Note: The once idyllic part of Zaire that I wrote about after our visit 50 years ago is today a scene of horror. Thousands have been killed…
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March 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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AFRICA DAYS 4: Into the Interior by River and Rail
Over our winter break, we finally made it deep into the interior of Zaire, traveling by riverboat and train. I sent this “Christmas Trip…
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March 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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AFRICA DAYS 3: Into the countryside
It would be a little while after the Rumble that we’d finally begin the travels we were itching to take outside the city. But Kinshasa was…
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March 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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AFRICA DAYS 2: The Fight, a Fanta with Ali and Advice from Mailer
Within weeks of our arrival, Kinshasa was scheduled to play host to the fight that would become known as the Rumble in the Jungle. The…
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March 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Beginning a series on my years and travels in Africa, a half century ago

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AFRICA DAYS: The Beginning
In the summer of 1974, three years into my newspaper career, I got married. Mike had just landed a job he’d been longing for — in Africa. He would be teaching for two years at The American School o…
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February 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM