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MIA for 5 Weeks… Whaaat!?!? I’m back from East Africa!

Lela Barker

  So, just where in the sam hell have I been anyway? My blog went MIA for a solid five weeks as I disappeared into the wilds of east Africa. I’ve set foot on the continent more than a dozen times over the last few years and I’d even spent some time in Uganda in…

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Two Weeks to the Global Shea Conference in Africa!

Lela Barker

  Have I ever mentioned how much I adore Africa? As a little girl, I was transfixed by my grandmother’s stack of National Geographic’s and the images of people so different than everything I knew. In high school, I dove into studies in African culture via my sociology classes. And I thought my heart might…

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