Africa

Lagos

The Kuti Legacy

Femi Kuti on politics, family and the future of Nigerian music

by Molara Wood
Photography by Pius Utomi

A uniquely congenial atmosphere welcomes visitors to The New Afrika Shrine in the Ikeja area of...

South Africa

This had to have been the most unusual pub in the world—inside a 72-foot-high Baobab tree aged at more than 1,000 years old in...

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Ghana

The International Cocoa Initiative, a charity promoting child protection in cocoa-growing regions of the world, describes cocoa farming as the backbone of Ghana’s economy....

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Botswana

In June 2019, the High Court in Botswana, southern Africa, overturned what the judge referred to as “discriminatory” laws criminalizing homosexuality. The move came...

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Nigeria

“The Igbo feared that if they become Christians, their gods would bring disaster to them. Diviners...”

Readings

Ghana

Born in the United Kingdom to Ghanaian parents, Reginald Yaw Asante Ossei was living in New York in the late 1980s during what’s often...

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In May 2019, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) set up call centers along the most popular migrant routes in West Africa,...

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South Africa

Residents of Bo-Kaap in Cape Town, South Africa, fear that the rich heritage of its historic quarter is under threat from gentrification. Traditionally a...

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Uganda

Fruits of their Labor

How farmers changed the way Ugandans eat

by Esther Muwombi

The violence in Uganda was escalating when my parents fled to Kenya on foot, trekking through...

Sudan

Protests this spring in Sudan, which resulted in the ousting of longtime strongman Omar al-Bashir, began in December with high school students demonstrating against...

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Ethiopia

Lalibela: Under Repair

Locals decry renovation delays in Ethiopia's "new Jerusalem"

by James Jeffrey

If there is one city in Ethiopia that any visitor will endeavor to see—with budget backpackers...

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Lagos

The Kuti Legacy

Femi Kuti on politics, family and the future of Nigerian music

South Africa

Did You Know?

Ghana

Did You Know?

Botswana

Did You Know?

Nigeria

Readings

Ghana

Did You Know?

Africa

Did You Know?

South Africa

Did You Know?

Uganda

Fruits of their Labor

How farmers changed the way Ugandans eat

Sudan

Did You Know?

Ethiopia

Lalibela: Under Repair

Locals decry renovation delays in Ethiopia's "new Jerusalem"

Egypt

What Lies Beneath

Life, Beauty and Water Scarcity on the Nile