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Africa

Lalibela: Under Repair

James Jeffrey

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

  • Africa
  • Ethiopia
  • Conservation
  • History
  • Religion

What Lies Beneath

Sarah El-Shaarawi

Life, Beauty and Water Scarcity on the Nile

  • Africa
  • Egypt
  • Environment
  • Water

Readings

Out of Africa

  • Africa
  • Kenya
  • Nairobi
  • Air travel

Off the Grid in Eritrea

Abraham T. Zere

As Eritrea improves relations with its neighbors, one writer in exile reflects on the country of his birth

  • Africa
  • Eritrea
  • International Relations
  • Politics

#ShutDown the Internet

Jacquelin Kataneksza

A tax on internet use in some African countries is stifling dissent

  • Africa
  • Global
  • Zimbabwe
  • Election
  • Protest
  • Technology

An Oyster’s Journey

Alexander Wooley
  • Africa
  • South Africa
  • Fishing
  • Food

The Great Hope

Jacquelin Kataneksza

A Zimbabwean expat ponders her country's momentous election

  • Africa
  • Zimbabwe
  • Diaspora
  • Election
  • Government

Readings

What Ritual Can Do

  • Africa
  • Burkina Faso
  • Grief
  • Nonfiction
  • Self-help

Readings

Memories of Swimming

  • Africa
  • South Africa
  • Poetry
  • Race
  • Water

Readings

In Search of the Oasis

  • Africa
  • Egypt
  • Fiction
  • Nature

It’s Ugawood!

Esther Muwombi

Inside the nascent Ugandan action film industry

  • Africa
  • Kampala
  • Uganda
  • Movies

In Love with Nigeria

Leye Adenle

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

  • Africa
  • Nigeria
  • Beauty
  • Food
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