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Nigeria

In Love with Nigeria

Beauty in the eye of the beholder in Africa's most populous country

by Leye Adenle
Corrupt politicians, police brutality, rigged elections—there are just too many ways America outdoes Nigeria. One area in which we surpass Trumpland, however, is in our megachurch pastors equipped with private jets with which to spread the good news of Christ having risen. According to Forbes, at a net worth of $150 million, Bishop Oyedepo topped the list of the world’s richest pastors in 2018—ahead of such American “institutions” as T.D. Jakes, Pat Robertson, Benny Hinn, Joel Osteen and the aptly named Creflo Dollar. In fact, four Nigerian men of God make the top 10. Not only do we claim the number one...

United Kingdom

London After Brexit

What will the most multi-ethnic and diverse city in Europe look like after it leaves the EU?

by Sabrina Axster
London is often described as the most multi-ethnic and diverse city in Europe. Its residents hail...

Russia

Mediazona

The media arm of Pussy Riot that takes pot shots at Putin

by Stranger’s Guide
Mediazona is the brainchild of Pussy Riot, the Moscow-based punk rock protest group that likes to...

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...

Caribbean

My Father’s Land

The indelible marks of slavery in Jamaica

by Courtney Desiree Morris
Where are your monuments, your battles, martyrs? Where is your tribal memory? Sirs, in that grey...

Global

Can We Hold Hands Here?

Exploring LGBTQ travel safety

by Ed Salvato
That gorgeous ad of a couple holding hands on the beach in the lush, mountainous Caribbean...

Did You Know?

England

For Richer, For Poorer

Oysters have a storied history in Britain: Before the Roman invasion, the British regarded them as a poorer substitute for meat or fish. The Roman occupation of Britain (from 43 to 410 AD) changed all that: oysters were suddenly in fashion—so in fashion, in fact, that they were even sent back to Rome.

By the time of the Anglo-Saxon invasions in the 5th century, however, they’d fallen out of favor again. And so it went, this back-and-forth, with the little mollusk finding its status as either the food of kings or forbidden fruit, determined by conquerors, fashion and even the church.

When Queen Victoria was on the throne, oysters had become the staple diet of the poor, sold essentially as fast food on London streets, baked in pies, pickled, and served up in pubs with a pint of stout.

By the mid-1800s, as Britain’s oyster beds depleted, oysters became scarce, and they were served up as a delicacy for the nobility and upper classes once more.

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