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Africa

Monkey Post

Ayodeji Rotinwa
photography by Andrew Esiebo

Street soccer, Nigerian-style

  • Africa
  • Lagos
  • Nigeria
  • City Life
  • Photography
  • Sports

Sisterhood of Skateboarders

photography by Karabo Mooki

Johannesburg's all-women skateboarding crew

  • Africa
  • Johannesburg
  • South Africa
  • City Life
  • Photography
  • Sports
  • Women

The Girl With the Smile

Monique Maddy, Betelihem Melkamu Essa

The story of a mother from Liberia and her daughter from Ethiopia

  • Africa
  • Ethiopia
  • Liberia
  • Family
  • History

The New Generation of Nigerian Musicians

Joey Akan

The young Nigerian musicians taking the world by storm

  • Africa
  • Lagos
  • Nigeria
  • Music

The Dangers of Dissent

Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

Speech may be free, but the punishment for it could be death

  • Africa
  • Lagos
  • Nigeria
  • Journalism
  • Politics
  • Protest

Life and Art in the “Slums” of Bariga

Alex Hannaford
photography by Kira Brunner Don

Meeting the youth and arts groups in one of Lagos' largest slums

  • Africa
  • Lagos
  • Nigeria
  • Arts
  • Culture
  • Dance

Stranger Sounds: Johannesburg

Stranger’s Guide

Vintage jazz, blues and groove sounds from Johannesburg

  • Africa
  • Johannesburg
  • South Africa
  • Music

A Friendship Through Letters

Dr. Siphiwo Mahala

Langston Hughes & Bloke Modisane spent years writing back and forth between the US and South Africa

  • Africa
  • Johannesburg
  • South Africa
  • Literature

‘Taking Guard’

Niren Tolsi

Activism and immigration in the game of cricket

  • Africa
  • Johannesburg
  • South Africa
  • Immigration
  • Race
  • Sports

Learning from History

Charlayne Hunter-Gault

One journalist's view of the anti-apartheid struggle

  • Africa
  • Johannesburg
  • South Africa
  • History
  • Politics
  • Race

Daleside: Static Dreams

photography by Lindokuhle Sobekwa

Documenting the post-apartheid transformation of a previously white-dominated town

  • Africa
  • Johannesburg
  • South Africa
  • Photography
  • Race

City of Gold

Stranger’s Guide

A Letter from our founders

  • Africa
  • Johannesburg
  • South Africa
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