by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Aug 29, 2015 | Blog
“From South Central College to South Africa” is the name of my story about our trip to South Africa that came out in the Mankato Magazine this week. The biggest problem when working on the story was cutting it down to fit the magazine! It could have...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Jul 24, 2015 | Blog
I’ve had this book in my to-read pile since I started collecting African literature. It’s an interesting read, and I highly recommend it to those interested in women’s literature from Africa. I certainly would use this book if I taught an African...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Jul 21, 2015 | Blog
This was my post from the visit to Glen Garriff Lion Reserve two years ago: Love Lions Alive Since that first visit, I have made sure to visit Glen Garriff both times I returned to South Africa. This year, the place had changed. Drastically. Andi Rive, who managed the...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Jun 15, 2015 | Blog
We got off the plane in Johannesburg, met our guide Pieter, dropped our luggage at Flossie’s B&B, and plunged right into Soweto. Nothing like getting right down to the business of being immersed in South Africa. Earthstompers, our tour company, arranged with...
by Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Mar 1, 2015 | Book Review
This novel in verse by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award Winner Shane W. Evans, is in some ways a Sudanese version of Out of the Dust by Karen Hess. The parallels are numerous: loss so great it’s unbearable, including the loss of a...
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