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What Would Africa Be Like If Borders Were Just Lines on a Map?
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zuò zhě作者tóng bàn同伴cóngtǎn sāng ní yà坦桑尼亚deā lǔ shā阿鲁沙zuò chē坐车zàn bǐ yà赞比亚delú sà kǎ卢萨卡běn lái本来jì huà计划40xiǎo shí小时zuì hòu最后zǒule60duō gè多个xiǎo shí小时

The author and her companion traveled by car from Arusha, Tanzania, to Lusaka, Zambia. The trip was supposed to take 40 hours, but in the end it took more than 60.

lù shàng路上hěnxīn kǔ辛苦chē shàng车上rénhěnduōhái yǒu还有rénzhǐ néng只能zuòtǒng

The journey was very hard. The car was crowded, and some people could only sit on buckets.

kě shì可是yī wèi一位mǎ sài马赛rénrè qíng热情qǐngzuò zhě作者yì qǐ一起chīyáng ròu羊肉ràngjué de觉得hěnwēn nuǎn温暖

But a Maasai man warmly invited the author to share a meal of lamb, which made her feel very touched.

dàolebiān jìng边境wèn tí问题gèngduōxìn xī信息qīng chǔ清楚shí jiān时间yì zhí一直biànguò guān过关hěnmànháiyàozǒuxíng lǐ行李

At the border, there were even more problems: the information was unclear, the time kept changing, the crossing was very slow, and they still had to walk on muddy roads while pulling their luggage.

dàolezàn bǐ yà赞比亚hòuchēyòujiùyòuchī fàn吃饭shítā men他们háiyīn wèi因为shìwài guó rén外国人bèishōuleshuāng bèi双倍deqián

After arriving in Zambia, the car was old and crowded, and when they ate, they were charged double because they were foreigners.

zuì hòu最后bàn yè半夜zuòchū zū chē出租车shísī jī司机háilín shí临时jiā qián加钱dā yìng答应jiùtā men他们diūzàilù biān路边

Finally, when they took a taxi late at night, the driver suddenly asked for more money, and when they refused, he left them by the roadside.

suī rán虽然yī lù shàng一路上yǒuhěnduōmá fán麻烦zuò zhě作者hái shì还是kàn dào看到leréndeshàn yì善意

Although there were many troubles along the way, the author still saw human kindness.

xiǎng dào想到dōng fēi东非cǎo yuán草原shàngdedòng wù动物kě yǐ可以zì yóu自由qiān xǐ迁徙bù yòng不用hù zhào护照méi yǒu没有nà me那么duōzǔ ài阻碍

She thought about how animals on the East African savanna can migrate freely without passports and without so many obstacles.

xī wàng希望fēi zhōu非洲guó jiā国家zhī jiān之间delǚ xíng旅行nénggènggōng píng公平gèngfāng biàn方便ràngrén men人们gèngróng yì容易lái wǎng来往xué xí学习fā zhǎn发展

She hopes that travel between African countries can become fairer and more convenient, so that people can move around, learn, and develop more easily.

By Pressenza Kenya / Pressenza|CC BY 4.0|Modified & AI-assisted

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