May 2011

Remedial Camel Drawing Episode 1: Patrice from Cameroon

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Remedial Camel Drawing is a new series I am starting on the blog. It features clients and students who are severely inept at camel drawing. After my workshop, these students find themselves at full camel drawing proficiency. For them, it is a revelation. It is similar to a blind person using their vision for the […]

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Drawing Camels with Boukary Konaté, Malian Blogger, Activist and Teacher

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Formerly a language teacher, Boukary Konaté is now the head webmaster at the Malian Education Ministry. Beyond his official work, he is active with a number of projects. He publishes a regularly updated blog in both Bambara and French, he does outreach work in Malian villages focusing on Bambara literacy and ICT (information and communication […]

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Update from Bamako

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First, I want to announce that 100% of the profits from this site are now going directly to projects I’m going to be connecting with over the course of the next several weeks. Right now I have established contact with 3 different projects in Mali. You can read about them on the projects page. There […]

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