Camel caravan in The Danakil in Ethiopia. Photo courtesy of Nanjala Nyabola. “I’ve never seen anyone from Kenya before!” The Burkinabe woman sitting next to me on the overcrowded bus between Accra and Ouagadougou was so enthralled with my presence that she barely gave me a minute to myself throughout the 26-hour bus ride. She asked after my family, my work, and what I was doing so far away from ho