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    Author: Mari

    Mari Goossen is a writer and researcher, passionate about feminism, human rights and environmental justice. Still in love with Uganda, she is currently making ends meet in Brussels (Belgium).

    “What’s a Gay?” and Other Ugandan Sexuality Questions

    Weirdly enough, I didn’t sleep at all on the night of 31 May. I felt anxious, but I couldn’t put my finger on what exactly…

    Mari 11 June 2021
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    Experience Farming Life at a Very Unusual Location

    Looking at the picture above, would you ever expect it to be taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo? Well, it is! Farm vacations are…

    Mari 11 May 2021
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    The Battle of the Great Apes: Gorillas versus Chimpanzees

    When I learned I was going to do an internship in Uganda for six months, I immediately started researching the country and its highlights. Naturally,…

    Mari 30 April 2021
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    Tom’s Timeless Tale

    Tom Karemire really is a living legend around Lake Bunyonyi — ask any lake-dwellers and they will tell you a story about him. At age…

    Mari 20 April 2021
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    Reflections from My Mirror

    Travelling to another country or region and encountering the people of those places, always comes with its own particularities and challenges. As a graduated anthropologist…

    Mari 29 March 2021

    To Fly or Not to Fly? Let’s Talk Responsible Tourism!

    Ecotourism & Sustainable Tourism In recent years there has been — rightly so — a lot of attention devoted to ecotourism or sustainable tourism. While…

    Mari 19 March 2021
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    How a Gracious Bird Taught Me a Lesson in Patience

    Bunyonyi literally means ‘place of many little birds’, and everyone who has ever visited this lake in the southwest of Uganda, knows that that is…

    Mari 15 March 2021
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    This Book is for Every Non-African in Africa

    It is 23 January 2021 in the morning, I have to be at the airport in 2 hours. My luggage already weighs 25 kilograms, two…

    Mari 25 February 2021
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    First GHE Interns’ First Ugandan Impressions

    We are Mari and Niels, 25 and 23 years old and both students of International Cooperation at UCLL in Belgium, ready for our Ugandan adventure at Lake Bunyonyi. These are…

    Mari 4 February 2021
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