Field Notes #4: Boda Bodas in Tanzania
Tom Courtright · 27 March 2022
Following the tradition of these field notes pieces, this is slightly more personal. In January, I returned to Tanzania, where I grew…
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Field Notes #3: Mixing It Up in Freetown
Tom Courtright · 17 December 2021
The steep, winding roads of Freetown, Sierra Leone can surprise you with their transportation diversity, though sweat will likely drip down…
Field Notes # 2 — on Digital Maps
Tom Courtright · 12 July 2021
As door-to-door transporters of people and goods across cities, boda boda drivers navigate the city streets more than anyone else in the…
Field Notes #1 — on Fort Portal
Tom Courtright · 17 June 2021
Fort Portal is a newly-declared city of a little over 50,000 people in Western Uganda, near the base of the Rwenzori mountains with the…