Award-winning Features Writer | ByLiner Award Winner, Newsweek. Currently doing a deep dive in Kenya on the Shakahola starvation cult
nairobi, kenya
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Claim your profileTwitter: @margotkiser Instagram: margotkiser margotkiser.wordpress.com I am a Kenya-based American correspondent covering security/conflict, geopolitics, human rights, maritime piracy, culture past and present and wildlife conservation in East Africa and Somalia. I've travelled to Mogadishu, Somaliland and have lived in the East Africa region since 1995, working as writer, wildlife activist, investigative journalist, ranch/safari wife and co-owner of a community-based conservation area at the foot of Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. I have a Master's Degree in Philosophy (U of Denver). I created and published the Tributary Magazine, a literary/current events/arts/environmental monthly based in Bozeman, Montana. Specialties: Speaks English and fluent Swahili.






Doctor Of Philosophy, Philosophy at Uc San DiegoGraduated: 1985
Masters, Philosophy, Religious Studies at University Of DenverGraduated: 1984