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Abroad Perspective

Issue: 
June 2012
Photographs by: 
Carrie Wagner
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Friendly Face While in Africa, Carrie captured the daily life of the Bakonzo people. This image, titled Milton’s Nile Perch, 1993, Uganda, was shown during the exhibit “Portraits of Uganda.”
Deep connections During her return trip to Uganda, Carrie (top) gave Habitat homeowner Yodesi Biira a photograph of herself standing in front of her house in 1991. Above left, Carrying Water, 1991, Uganda. Students (above right) make books to send to children in North Carolina. The Story Portrait cultural exchange project continues as classrooms connect through stories.
Family trip In 2009, the Wagners returned to Uganda to visit friends Carrie and Bob hadn’t seen in 15 years. The family is now blogging from South America at www.gogivelearn.com.
Forever Friend Job Malighee, shown on the cover of Village Wisdom, was a language tutor and cultural informant for the Wagners.