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TAKING ON ADVENTURES.

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>> JEFFREY GETTLEMAN WAS BORN

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AND RAISED IN EVANSSTON BUT A

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TRIP TO KENYA LED HIM INTO

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JOURNALISM AND A CAREER THAT

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TOOK HIM TO THE FRONTLINES OF

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EVERY MAJOR CONFLICT FROM

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AFGHANISTAN TO IRAQ TO THE

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CONGO.

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LED HIM TO IS PRISON.

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AND THE BRINK OF DEATH.

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SINCE 2006 HE HAS BEEN EAST

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AFRICA BUREAU CHIEF FOR "THE NEW

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YORK TIMES".

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HIS BOOK, "LOVE, AFRICA: A

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MEMOIR OF ROMANCE, WAR AND

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SURVIVAL" DETAILS THE BEAUTY AND

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THE DANGER OF THAT CONFLICTED

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CONTINENT.

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AND JEFFREY GETTLEMAN IS HERE TO

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TALK ABOUT IT NOW.

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THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

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>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

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>> YOU ARE IN EVANSSTON AND YOU

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GET THE BUG TO GO TO AFRICA.

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WHY DID YOU GET THE BUG?

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>> I'VE GONE BACK TO TRY TO

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THINK WHY I WAS SO DETERMINED TO

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EXPERIENCE AFRICA.

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I DON'T KNOW.

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WHEN I WAS GROWING UP WE DID NOT

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TRAVEL A LOT.

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LIKE OUR BIG TRIP ABROAD WAS TO

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CHINATOWN.

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ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

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SO I GUESS I ASSOCIATED AFRICA

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WITH ADVENTURE.

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I HAD THE SAME KIND OF

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STEREOTYPICAL IMAGES THAT PEOPLE

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HAVE OF AFRICA.

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>> WHEN YOU GOT THERE IT WAS

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OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU EXPECTED IT

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TO BE, HOW?

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>> I EXPECTED TO FIND POVERTY

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AND CONFLICT INSTEAD I FOUND --

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I DID SEE THE POVERTY STRUCK ME.

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I HAD NEVER SEEN PEOPLE WITH SO

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FEW THINGS.

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BUT THERE WAS A WARMTH.

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THERE WAS A SENSE OF SPIRIT OF

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PEOPLE BEING CONNECTED.

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PEOPLE WERE JOYFUL AND

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ACCEPTING.

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AND EVEN AS US AS OUTSIDERS I

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WAS 18 YEARS OLD WITH A GROUP OF

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STUDENTS TRAVELING ON A BUSTED

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UP TRUCK DRIVING DOWN A ROAD IN

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AFRICA AND EVERYWHERE WE WENT

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THERE WAS CURIOSITY AND A

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WELCOME THE WARMTH THAT FOLLOWED

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US THAT SUMMER.

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AFTER THAT IT LEFT ME IN A STATE

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OF CONFUSION BECAUSE I CAME BACK

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AND WENT BACK TO COLLEGE AND

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THOUGHT I REALLY WANT TO MAKE

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THIS PART OF MY LIFE AND I

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DIDN'T HAVE ANY CLEAR PATH HOW

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TO DO THAT.

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>> AND YOU WENT INTO JOURNALISM

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AND YOU MET YOUR WIFE IN COLLEGE

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AND YOU TALK OPENLY ABOUT THE

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STRUGGLES THAT YOUR RELATIONSHIP

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TOOK ON BECAUSE OF YOUR JOB.

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HOW DID YOU CONVINCE HER TO JOIN

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YOU IN AFRICA?

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>> NOT EASILY.

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I MEAN, I SAY THAT BUT SHE WAS

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VERY SUPPORTIVE.

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WE MET WHEN WE WERE REALLY YOUNG

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IN COLLEGE.

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AND I PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON

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MYSELF TO SUCCEED

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PROFESSIONALLY.

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AS A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE DO.

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AND I WAS JUST BLINDLY FOCUSED

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ON GETTING BACK TO AFRICA. 

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WHATEVER IT TOOK.

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AND ONCE I ENTERED JOURNALISM AS

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YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO SCURRY UP

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THE RUNGS OF THE LADDER TO GET A

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JOB AND THAT IS HARD GETTING

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THAT FIRST JOB.

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AND IT WAS THIS TENSION

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THROUGHOUT MY YOUNG ADULT LIFE

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OF I'M IN LOVE WITH THIS WOMAN,

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I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT HIS WOMAN AT

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THE SAME TIME I'M WILLING TO

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TAKE ANY JOB ANYWHERE ANYHOW.

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AND THAT IS A BIG PART OF THE

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BOOK AND OF MY LIFE WAS TRYING

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TO BALANCE THAT AND SOMETIMES I

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DID NOT DO A GOOD JOB AND I

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THINK OF ALL THE YEARS THAT I

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THREW AWAY THAT WE COULD HAVE

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BEEN TOGETHER THAT WE WEREN'T

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BECAUSE I WAS DETERMINED TO TAKE

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A JOB THAT WAS INCONVENIENT FOR

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HER AND REALIZE THIS DREAM OF

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LIVING AND WORKING IN EAST

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AFRICA.

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>> AND AT THE LOW POINT IN YOUR

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MARRIAGE YOU WRITE YOU GET THE

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TIP OF A LIFETIME TO GO ON A

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DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENT.

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TELL US WHAT THAT WAS?

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>> OK.

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>> AND YOU THOUGHT THIS WOULD

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SAVE YOUR MARRIAGE BECAUSE SHE

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CAME WITH YOU?

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>> YES.

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WE WERE AT A STRUGGLING POINT.

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A DELICATE POINT IN OUR

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MARRIAGE.

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AND WE HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY TO

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GO INTO THE ETHIOPIAN DESERT AND

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LEARN ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES

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AND LEARN AND EXPOSE ABOUT A

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HORRIBLE CAMPAIGN HAPPENING AT

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THE TIME WHERE THE ETHIOPIAN

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GOVERNMENT WAS BRUTALIZING

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CIVILIANS.

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AND ETHIOPIA IS AN AMERICAN

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ALLY, THEY RECEIVE AMERICAN AID

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AND THIS WAS THE PERFECT STORY.

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UNKNOWN CONFLICT IN A CORNER OF

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AFRICA THAT NOBODY WAS WATCHING.

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PERPETRATED BY AN AMERICAN

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GOVERNMENT MAYBE WITH AMERICAN

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ASSISTANCE.

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WE MARCHED OFF INTO THE DESERT

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WITH THE REBEL ARMY.

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THE REAL DEAL.

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GUYS WEARING TATTERED CAMOUFLAGE

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AND BOOTS.

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>> RIFLES.

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>> OLD RIFLES WITH BULLETS DOWN

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THEIR CHESTS.

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AND IT WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST

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THINGS I HAVE EVER DONE

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PHYSICALLY.

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>> AND YOU HAD TO TRUST THEM AND

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THEY HAD TO TRUST YOU?

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>> THAT WAS A BIG PIECE OF IT

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WAS IT SAFE?

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WAS THIS WRECKLESS?

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WAS THE PAY-OFF TRYING TO GET

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THE STORY OUT WORTH THE RISKS WE

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TOOK?

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AND IT WAS HARD.

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LIKE WE WALKED FOR DAYS IN THE

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DESERT WITH VERY LITTLE WATER.

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VERY LITTLE FOOD.

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BUT THIS HAS BEEN A THEME IN MY

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JOURNALISTIC CAREER, IF YOU

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BELIEVE IN THE STORY.

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IF YOU ARE EAGER TO GET THAT

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STORY OUT AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU

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CAN TELL IT AND YOU CAN DO A

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SERVICE BY SHARING SHEDDING

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LIGHT ON A PART OF THE WORLD OR

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ISSUE THAT NOBODY IS PAYING

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ATTENTION TO.

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THAT IS LIKE THE CORE OF

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JOURNALISM THEN YOU ARE WILLING

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TO PUT UP WITH HARDSHIP AND THAT

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WAS A TOUGH EXPERIENCE AND IT

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ENDED WITH US BEING CAPTURED BY

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ETHIOPIAN FORCES.

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>> AND YOUR WIFE WAS VIDEO

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JOURNALIST WITH YOU?

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>> THAT IS RIGHT.

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>> AND SO YOU ARE CAPTURED AT

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GUN POINT.

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YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE GOING

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TO LIVE OR DIE.

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WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND IN A

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MOMENT LIKE THAT?

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>> A LOT OF FEAR.

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OBVIOUSLY.

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A SENSE OF PANIC THAT THINGS

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HAVE GONE OUT OF CONTROL.

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IT'S LIKE BEING MUGGED.

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IT'S THE SAME THING LIKE YOU ARE

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IN CONTROL ONE MOMENT AND THEN

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YOU HAVE NO CONTROL WHATSOEVER.

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WE CAME OUT OF THE DESERT

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CHECKED INTO A GUEST HOUSE LIKE

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A ONE-STOREY CEMENT BLOCK

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STRUCTURE SPAR TAB AND THE

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INSTANT WE WERE THERE WE WERE

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SURROUNDED BY GOVERNMENT

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SOLDIERS AND DEMANDED WE GET

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INTO A TRUCK AND HELD THEIR GUNS

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AND POINTED THEM AND SAID IF YOU

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DO NOT GET IN THE TRUCK WE ARE

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GOING TO SHOOT YOU.

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AND YOU HAVE NO CHOICE.

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AND YOU START GOING BACK IN YOUR

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MIND WHERE DID WE MAKE A

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MISTAKE?

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HOW IS ANYBODY GOING TO HELP US?

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AM I GOING TO GET OUT OF THEIR

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CONTROL?

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>> AND YOU HAVE THE ADDED STRESS

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OF HAVING YOUR WIFE THERE WITH

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YOU AND HER LIFE ON THE LINE?

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>> YEAH.

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AND IT WAS ONE OF THE HARDEST

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THINGS I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED.

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AND YOU DON'T KNOW.

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WE WERE IN PRISON FOR A WEEK.

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AND THE ETHIOPIANS KEPT IT

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SECRET THEY DID NOT TELL THE

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AMERICAN GOVERNMENT THEY DID NOT

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LET US CALL.

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WE DISAPPEARED IN THE DESERT.

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AND YOU SPEND EVERYDAY THINKING

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THEY ARE GOING TO KILL YOU THEY

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MIGHT RAPE YOUR WIFE.

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YOU ARE GOING TO SEND YOUR LIFE

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IN A PRISON CELL BECAUSE YOU

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SCREWED UP.

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>> HOW DID YOU GET OUT OF THIS?

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>> IT WAS THIS PROTRACTED

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NEGOTIATION WHERE SOMEBODY HAD

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CONTACTED THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

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AND THEN THEY CONTACTED THE

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ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT AND WE WERE

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JOURNALISTS LIKE JUST TO BE

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CLEAR LIKE WE HAD DONE NOTHING

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ILLEGAL WE HAD NOT SNUCK INTO

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THE COUNTRY WE HAD THE PROPER

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INDIVIDUALS SAS AND COVERING THE

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PART OF THE COUNTRY WAS NOT OFF

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LIMITS BUT THESE PLACES ARE VERY

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REPRESSSIVE.

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WE COULD NOT HAVE A CONVERSATION

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LIKE THIS IN ETHIOPIA.

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THE GOVERNMENT IS WANTS TO

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CONTROL ALL THE INFORMATION THAT

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ITS PEOPLE RECEIVE.

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SO WHEN THERE WAS ENOUGH

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PRESSURE ON THEM WE WERE NOT

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TERRORISTS AND SPIES THEY LET US

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OUT BUT IT WAS A TERRIFYING

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WEEK.

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>> AND YOU WRITE IN THE BOOK

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THAT YOU NEEDED TO BE A

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WRECKLESS PERSONALITY IN A WAY

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TO BE A CORRESPONDENT IN

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WAR-TORN AFRICA.

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YOU JUST HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE

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PEOPLE THAT WAKES UP EVERYDAY

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AND DOESN'T FEAR DEATH AT ALL?

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>> YES AND NO.

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I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING

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TO TAKE RISKS.

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AND I DID NOT GO INTO THE

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BUSINESS BECAUSE I HAD

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ADRENALINE FIX THAT I WANTED TO

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CHANCE LIFE AND DEATH AND FEEL

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THAT THRILL OF BEING ON THE THIN

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EDGE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.

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WHAT DREW ME INTO THE BUSINESS

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IS I CARED ABOUT THIS PART OF

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THE WORLD AND I WANTED TO TELL

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STORIES AND I WANTED TO TRAVEL

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AND EXPERIENCE IT AND FEEL IT

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AND SMELL IT AND TASTE IT.

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BUT AS YOU GET MORE --

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GO FARTHER DOWN THE ROAD OF

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JOURNALISM THERE ARE BIGGER

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STORIES TO CHASE AND SOMETIMES

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THOSE DO HAVE RISKS AND YOU

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BELIEVE IN IT AND THINK IF I DO

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NOT TELL THE STORY MAYBE NOBODY

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IS.

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SO THAT WOULD CAUSE YOU TO RISK

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YOUR LIFE TO DO THAT.

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AND YOU WRITE A LOT IN THE BOOK

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ABOUT THE COLD WAR'S IMPACT ON

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MODERN-DAY AFRICA AND PEOPLE

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MIGHT ASSUME AFRICA EXISTS IN A

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VACUUM BUT IT IS THE WESTERN

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WORLD AND THE COLD WAR THAT

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SHAPED THE WAY IT IS NOW.

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>> I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT

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THAT UP.

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A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT THE NEWS

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FROM AFRICA.

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A LOT THAT I COVER AND I WRITE

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AND I PUT OUT THERE.

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AND THEY SEE A CONFLICT IN SUDAN

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OR SOMALIA AND THINK WHAT IS

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WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?

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WHY ARE THEY ALWAYS FIGHTING?

09:26.000 --> 09:30.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5%
AND IF YOU LOOK BACK THERE IS A

09:28.100 --> 09:34.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75%
LEGACY OF THE WEST MEDDLING IN

09:30.566 --> 09:36.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5%
AFRICA.

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AND DOING VERY SELF-INTERESTED

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POLICIES THAT HURT AFRICA.

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AND THE COLD WAR IS A GREAT

09:38.200 --> 09:41.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40%
EXAMPLE OF THAT.

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AFRICANS WERE STRUGGLING FOR

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INDEPENDENCE FOR YEARS THEY GOT

09:41.933 --> 09:46.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35%
IT IN THE 60s.

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AS SOON AS THE YOUNG AFRICAN

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COUNTRIES STEP OUT ON TO THE

09:46.733 --> 09:54.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80%
WORLD STAGE THEY GET SUCKED INTO

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THE COLD WAR ON THE U.S. SIDE OR

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THE SOVIET SIDE THE SUPERPOWERS

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PUMPED WEAPONS INTO THE PLACES

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AND SUPPORTED DICTATORS THAT WE

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KNEW WERE BAD BUT WE DID NOT

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CARE BECAUSE IT WAS OUR GUY.

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AND WHEN THE COLD WAR ENDED ALL

10:05.066 --> 10:12.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80%
THAT MILITARY AID STOPPED WE DID

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NOT CARE IF WE HAD SOMEONE IN

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POWER BECAUSE WE DID NOT NEED TO

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CHECK THE SOVIET COMMUNISM AND

10:15.166 --> 10:23.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5%
AFRICA TUMBLED INTO TURMOIL AND

10:16.666 --> 10:25.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5%
A LOT OF CONFLICT IN SOMALIA OR

10:21.333 --> 10:27.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65%
SOUTH SUDAN THEY ARE USING

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WEAPONS DURING THE COLD WAR AND

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THE COUNTRIES NEEDED

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UNIVERSITIES, HIGHWAYS AND

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SCHOOLS.

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WE PROVIDED WEAPONS.

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>> LIKE THE MIDDLE EAST TODAY.

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LEFT A VACUUM FOR CONFLICT AND

10:36.100 --> 10:41.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5%
STRONG DICTATORS.

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AND YOU ARE RAISING YOUR KIDS IN

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NAIROBI BUT YOU TOOK AN

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ASSIGNMENT TO MOVE TO INDIA.

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MUCH BIGGER MAYBE MORE

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PROFESSIONAL OPERATION.

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ARE YOU GOING TO MISS AFRICA?

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>> YES, DESPERATELY.

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PART OF ME IS HEARTBROKEN TO

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LEAVE A PART OF THE WORLD THAT I

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FEEL VERY ATTACHED TO.

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AND PART OF ME IS EXCITED ABOUT

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A NEW WORLD TO EXPLORE.

11:00.933 --> 11:05.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70%
OUR KIDS LOVED GROWING UP IN

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KENYA.

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THEY STEP OUTSIDE AND IT IS A

11:05.600 --> 11:08.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75%
BEAUTIFUL NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

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THAT IS THEIR HOME THEY WERE

11:07.800 --> 11:11.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5%
BORN THERE.

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THEY WERE MADE THERE.

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THEY HAVE NEVER LIVED ANYWHERE

11:11.133 --> 11:17.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5%
ELSE.

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SO IT IS A BIG STEP BUT I FEEL

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LIKE I HAVE TO CONTINUE THE

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ADVENTURES AND TRY SOMETHING

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DIFFERENT AND IF IT DOES NOT

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WORKOUT.

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>> AND YOUR PARENTS STILL LIVE

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IN EVANSSTON.

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JEFFREY GETTLEMAN THE BOOK IS