New Haven woman considers her roots on trip to Africa

Like many other African Americans, I can only trace my family lineage back to one or maybe two generations. There is not a great deal of written information to search for when you were enslaved. The names were changed once they came off the slave ships, it was not their doing, but by their slave owners. What were my people’s original names? What tribe did they come from?

We packed up early on this relatively cool day and headed the 72 km (45 miles) to Punda Maria, a trip that takes about three hours. Punda Maria is our favorite camp. It’s smaller than any of the others, more out-of-the-way, quieter, hilly, with fewer visi … (read more)

In the fall of 2024, Dale and Lucinda Cockrell of Lincoln traveled to South Africa for a five-week stay in Kruger National Park. Over the course of the trip, Dale Cockrell snapped more than 18,000 photos.

On a snowy, below-freezing evening in Lincoln last week, Dale and Lucinda Cockrell shared with listeners at the Lincoln Library stories of their recent adventures in a much warmer climate.