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Africa

Dancing the Diaspora

How West African spiritual practices withstood colonialism

by Yeye Luisah Teish
You are invited to take a walk, or rather to dance through the African diaspora. The first thing you will experience is the rhythm of the drum. The drums, carrying the heartbeat of humanity, entice your blood to move smoothly through your veins. The rhythms affect your muscles, and compel you, no matter how shy you may be, to follow that sound to its source. Being led by the power of sound you float around the corner, searching for the source of this enchantment. You arrive at the ritual space. It may be the courtyard of a compound in Nigeria, where...

Ireland

So Long Out of Ireland

Stories and storytelling in contemporary Ireland

by Colum McCann
I have been out of Ireland for many years, but in fact, I have never left....

Caribbean

In the Eye of a Hurricane

Hamilton comes to Puerto Rico

by Stranger’s Guide
Puerto Rico’s landscape of mountains, waterfalls, thick forests and some of the world’s best stretches of...

India

The Growth of Indian Gaming

How PUBG resulted in arrests, divorces, and a fast-food trend

by Akanksha Singh
Gamers are everywhere. Earphones in; heads down with their phones clasped in their hands. They tend...

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Japan

Instant Noodle Museum

The Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum in Osaka, Japan, is devoted entirely to instant noodles. It boasts a chicken ramen factory where you can knead, steam and season your own noodle dish, a recreation of the wooden shed where the world’s first instant noodles were invented and CUPNOODLES Drama Theater where the ramen manufacturing process is “introduced using powerful, large-screen visual images.”

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