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THE WORLD -From Ann (No Last Name Provided,) Phoenix, AZ, USA:
Subject: Ron Privet
Do you know if?Ron?Privett is available to do?singing on a?private basis, and what his rates are? We are seeking performers for an event we are hosting in March.?We saw him last night at Desert Botanical gardens and thought he was great.
Thank you, ?
Ann
ROD RESPONDS:Ann,
I believe he might be. I'll put you in touch with Douglas McDaniel, who knows him better and he might be able to assist you.
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Rod
hey i don't have any snide remarks only good ones Binyavanga Wainaina's story was amazing how do i contact him by email?
asante,
jenJennifer H. C.
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Associate Dramaturg, Factory Theatre
www.factorytheatre.cadear binyavanga,
recently i was directing and teaching theatre at acadia university, canada on the door of the office next to mine a prof had posted your killer story "how to write about africa"
i've worked in rwanda and visited kenya your words stayed with me.
then i found another story online and that you also write plays. your writing is evocative yet spare
it lets the poetry shine while spiraling one deeper into the story i would like to read your play(s) if that is possible? all the best for your work
merci,
jennifer c
BINYAVANGA WAINAINA RESPONDS:Thanks Rod. See you are still doing amazing work...
and thanks Jennifer. Very touched. Don't write plays though... .
Best,
Binyavanga
Hi Rod,
I hope you're doing well. I wanted to pass along a bit of Global Water Foundation news. Johan Kriek, founder of the GWF, will be participating in a 65-mile bike race to raise money for and draw attention to world's clean water problem.
I have copied a news release with more information below. Also, readers interested in donating to the GWF can pledge money per mile via GWF's Web site at www.globalwaterfoundation.org.
Thank you for your help, Rod!
Meredith
NEXT GREAT CAUSE ENTERS WORLD'S BIGGEST BIKE RACE
Naples, FL (January 25, 2007) != The Global Water Foundation (GWF) has entered a team to ride a grueling 65 mile race March 11 along the shores of South Africa to raise money in the fight against the world's biggest problem.? An estimated 4,500 children die every day from diseases related to dirty water != one child every 15 seconds.? The head of the United Nations Development Program called the lack of clean water the "gravest threat to sustainable human development."
2006 defending Wimbledon senior doubles champion Johan Kriek along with two professional cyclists will compete in the world famous Cape Argus Pick 'n' Play Cycle Tour, known as the longest timed cycle tour in the world, and which last year attracted more than 35,000 riders.
"I'm riding this race as a way to bring awareness to what is the next great cause," said GWF founder Kriek, who added that for as little as $20, clean water can be provided to one child for an entire year.? "With the pledges I receive from supporters, the amount of help we can provide to those children in need is beyond measure."
Kriek asks those interested in sponsoring him to visit the GWF Web site, www.globalwaterfoundation.org and click on the "Help the GWF ride for water!" link to pledge.
A native South African, Kriek founded the GWF in 2005 enlisting the support of celebrity friends including John McEnroe, Monica Seles, and Olympic icons such as Amanda Beard and Janet Evans.? The Global Water Foundation is dedicated to delivering funds and technical assistance for clean water in the world's neediest communities.? The GWF just completed a project in Uganda last fall that is now delivering clean water to 5,000 in a school district northeast of the capitol.
Following its inception in 1978, the Cape Argus Race has grown swiftly in popularity and takes riders (minimum age requirement of 12) around the beautiful Cape Peninsula in the Cape Town area of South Africa.? Then there's the prize money != nearly $17,000 is divided among the top 20 male and top five female cyclists.
On April 14, the GWF is also planning a "Walk for Water" on Sanibel Island, FL to raise additional funds for clean water.? More details on the event will be forthcoming shortly.? The walk is four miles != the average distance an African woman must walk to reach a water source. ?Typically when she arrives, she learns the water is unsuitable for drinking.
About the Global Water Foundation The Global Water Foundation was established as a charitable trust with the exclusive purpose of raising public awareness, providing technical assistance, supporting knowledge sharing, enabling technical innovation and research, and facilitating the provision of humanitarian aid throughout the developing world.? The ultimate goal is to provide safe, healthy drinking water and adequate sanitation in areas where it is not available or where accessibility and supply have been compromised.?? For more information, visit www.globalwaterfoundation.org.
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I came across your website on the internet when seaching on stuff about johannesburg.
What is it that you are doing out there? Where abouts is it?
I spent nearly 7 months in jo'burg last year working in an orphanage would be great to hear about what lead you to go to africa from the states!!
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Hannah.
ROD RESPONDS:Hannah,
Thanks for visiting G21 and for writing.? Your letter reached the Editor and Publisher of G21.? I've never personally been to South Africa.? It's been my mission, for the magazine, to feature wrtiers from around the planet; thus, you can find the native South Africans, Gaynor Paynter, who lives in Johannesburg and Mphuthumi Ntabeni, who's lived in Port Elizabeth, East London and now Cape Town published there.? I spent most of my personal time on the continent in the north.
Your letter and kinds words are very much appreciated and I hope you'll come back to visit us.
Cheers,
Roddear Rod,
I have been reading through old Glass Houses, and Vox Pops and generally getting an impression of what your visit to London was like for you all those years ago. I can't believe I didn't read them at the time. Was it really so hard for me?
I thought we argued, and you published horrible things about me, and yet your stories present me as a generous and good-natured person, mostly! You were a grumpy sod. That's english, meaning a damp clod of earth. However, we had some fun too.
Sorry I didn't write anything for your anniversary piece. I'm too busy living at the moment, with my baby and my husband and the beginnings of our dreams come true. You can print this if you want.
Love from Fliss
ps do you have the tapes from my party, way back when?
Hi,
Peace and blessings of God upon you.I'm a post-graduate student at the University of Malta.I'm writing a thesis on ''Capital Punishment''in Africa.Could you kindly send me some articles on this?
I would be very grateful if you can afford to send me in addition, some facts and statistics on this subject.
Thanking you for co-operation and understanding,I remain;
Very truly yours,
Rev.Fr.Maurice A.
ROD RESPONDS:Dear Sir,
I'll copy in a couple of our African correspondents and we'll see what we can dig up to assist you.
Thanks for visiting G21 and for writing.
Regards,?
Rod
AJ RESPONDS:Hi Maurice,
I would recommend that you visit www.kenyalaw.org, follow the "Case Search" link and under Subject matter key in the words "death" or "death penalty". The results should give you a good overview of cases in the Kenyan courts relating to the death penalty.
As the official law reporting website for the Republic of Kenya, its results can be cited in any official research.
Just a bit of background for you, the Constitution and the Laws of Kenya identify particular crimes for which the penalty is death such as treason and robbery with violence. Therefore theoretically Kenya does support capital punishment. But the reality is quite different.
The last time the death penalty was actually carried out was on one of the participants in the 1982 coup (carried out in 1983 or 1984, I think). So in practice, a death sentence simply means life imprisonment. However, every time a judge imposes the death sentence on a convicted person, he needs to inform the President of the case in writing - since the power to carry out that sentence lies with the President alone.
I would recommend that you also get in touch with the Kenya National Commisison of Human Rights. They should be able to give you a lot more information.
Hope this helps.
AJ
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