Killing The Crocodile That Ate My Wife
The Ugandan fisherman's battle with the 600kg crocodile that ate his pregnant wife.
Mubarak Batambuze, the fisherman from Uganda who killed the crocodile that ate his pregnant wife. He asked a blacksmith to make him a special spear then risked his own life to take revenge. He's now become something of a hero in his homeland.
Also on Outlook, the story of Dora Morales, the Mexican psychologist who helps treat migrants in a safe house run by M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res. Every year around 300,000 migrants from central America travel north through Mexico hoping to reach the United States. Many complete part of the journey clinging onto the roof of an enormous freight train known as The Beast.
David Mason, the Iranian-born dance teacher man who runs Afghanistan's Mobile Mini Circus for Children
Marie Ndiaye, the French-Senegalese writer who published her first novel when she was 18. Her latest book is called Three Strong Women and won the Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary award.
(Photo: Mubarak Batambuze. Credit: Moses Bikala)
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