Tanya Shaffer

  • "Looking for Abdelati"

    Tanya Shaffer reads her essay from "Salon.com's Wanderlust" about how the search for an old friend led to finding a new family in Casablanca.
    Read by Tanya Shaffer December 8, 2000

  • Mother love in an African village

    Is it worth saving a baby's life if everything else changes?
    By Tanya Shaffer January 29, 2000

  • The genie of desire

    When I finally kissed a man in Africa, he ran away.
    By Tanya Shaffer December 3, 1999

  • Malaria dreams

    I was invincible in Africa -- until the mosquitoes got me.
    By Tanya Shaffer August 14, 1999

  • Death in Ghana

    A simple succession of events in an African village leads to a tragedy -- and a traveler's haunting sense of hopelessness.
    By Tanya Shaffer February 23, 1999

  • Looking for Abdelati

    Tanya Shaffer recounts how the search for an old friend led to finding a new family in Casablanca.
    By Tanya Shaffer January 30, 1999

  • Mother load

    An invitation to stay with a woman's family in West Africa opens the door to more than her home.
    By Tanya Shaffer January 7, 1999

  • Dirty laundry

    A simple request forces a Western woman to face her prejudices.
    By Tanya Shaffer December 11, 1998
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