New York Times columnist, and two time Pulitizer Prize winner Nicholas Kristof just returned from a trip through five western African countries with a University of South Carolina student. You can learn more about their travels on his “On The Ground” blog and on Kristof’s twitter feed.

A couple of Kristof’s more recent tweets:

# It’s odd to return to the U.S. from African villages. So much wealth here, yet often accompanied by a poverty of spirit.about 16 hours ago from web

# My Sunday column on maternal mortality is up: http://tinyurl.com/ou6h5m . If men were dying in childbirth, this would be a crisis.10:24 PM May 16th from web

# Ouch: In Mali, 75% of women said in survey that their health care decisions are made solely by their husbands.4:09 AM May 16th from web

# Ouch! The NY Times misspelled my name (”Kristoff”) in the video headline on my columnist page. Never trust the papers.1:08 AM May 15th from web

# Dawn in an African village. The birds. The singing. The roosters crowing. All I miss is the sound of running water.12:11 AM May 14th from web

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