Africa – Strangers Guide

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...

Egypt

What Lies Beneath

Life, Beauty and Water Scarcity on the Nile

by Sarah El-Shaarawi

It is a must-do on a visit to Cairo to take a felucca ride on the...

Africa

Known as the African Camelot, Fasil Ghebbi, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a fortress in Gondar, Ethiopia, built by the Emperor Fasilides...

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Benin

Ganvié is a city on a lake. Literally on a lake. In fact, it’s the largest collection of lake dwellings on stilts in Africa,...

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Citizens of Burkina Faso in West Africa had their first-ever free and fair elections just three years ago. The New York Times reported that people poured...

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Egypt

In March, researchers at the British Museum in London discovered the world’s oldest tattoo on an Egyptian mummy that had been housed in the...

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Cape Town

As residents of Cape Town, South Africa, greeted the new year, they faced a harsh ultimatum and a daunting challenge as reservoirs supplying the...

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Nairobi

“I had been working out of Nairobi as a free-lance pilot with the Muthaiga Country Club...”

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Republic of the Congo

According to the website Hip Africa, Les Sapeurs first emerged in 1922 after a Congolese man named Andre Matsoua returned home after a visit...

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