Accra, Ghana. Cheers erupt from the gathered crowd as a man’s name is announced. Clad in a red beret and a camouflage uniform, the national flag stitched onto his sleeve features a yellow star, not Ghana’s emblematic black one. Nevertheless, the ...
Meet Nyankhkhnum and Khnumhotep, two men buried together in the same tomb during the 5th dynasty in Egypt. Despite both having wives and families, the painting shows them embracing and touching noses. In Egyptian art, this act represents a kiss. This...
Located in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, ‘La Maison du Peuples’ (the House of the People) stands as an amalgamation of brutalist formidability and soft ornamentation. Its warm concrete facade blends into the surrounding rich-toned earth, while skyli...
Since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office this April, his approval ratings have soared, making him one of the most well-liked post-communism politicians in Ethiopia. In recent months, Ahmed has enacted ambitious and revolutionary economic reform pl...
Since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took office this April, his approval ratings have soared, making him one of the most well-liked post-communism politicians in Ethiopia. In recent months, Ahmed has enacted ambitious and revolutionary economic reform pl...
During the 2017-18 school year, Morocco implemented a new education strategy, the latest in a string of unsuccessful reform attempts which have belabored the country since its independence in 1956. The Moroccan government presented this action plan i...
During the 2017-18 school year, Morocco implemented a new education strategy, the latest in a string of unsuccessful reform attempts which have belabored the country since its independence in 1956. The Moroccan government presented this action plan i...
The largest challenge for the United States to overcome in the international sphere is not the lack of influence, but rather the misguided efforts of its foreign policy and the necessary reform of its flawed approach towards the developing world. The...
The largest challenge for the United States to overcome in the international sphere is not the lack of influence, but rather the misguided efforts of its foreign policy and the necessary reform of its flawed approach towards the developing world. The...
In December 2015, the German newspaper Die Zeit published a feature story titled “One man picks against Europe.” Kojo Ebeneku, the tragic hero of the feature, picks full, red tomatoes from his field in Kualedor, Ghana, day in day out. Eve...
In December 2015, the German newspaper Die Zeit published a feature story titled “One man picks against Europe.” Kojo Ebeneku, the tragic hero of the feature, picks full, red tomatoes from his field in Kualedor, Ghana, day in day out. Eve...
The recent passing of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, one of the anti-Apartheid’s most enduring figures, has served as a reminder of the struggles of South Africa’s past generation. We are also reminded of how her view on the transition differed f...
The recent passing of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, one of the anti-Apartheid’s most enduring figures, has served as a reminder of the struggles of South Africa’s past generation. We are also reminded of how her view on the transition differed f...
In rural Bawa, Mozambique, fetching water and washing clothes have become dangerous activities. For members of certain communities, working near rivers involves a constant, if elusive, danger: crocodile attacks. At first glance, these attacks seem ea...
In rural Bawa, Mozambique, fetching water and washing clothes have become dangerous activities. For members of certain communities, working near rivers involves a constant, if elusive, danger: crocodile attacks. At first glance, these attacks seem ea...
A few years ago, one of the nearly 1,500 satellites orbiting Earth took a picture of the Nigerien desert. On that particular day, the picture contained far more than just sunbaked sand. The image exposed one of the U.S.’s most covert ventures in th...
A few years ago, one of the nearly 1,500 satellites orbiting Earth took a picture of the Nigerien desert. On that particular day, the picture contained far more than just sunbaked sand. The image exposed one of the U.S.’s most covert ventures in th...
Soon after Earth Day this year, a grim event will remind the world of the importance of sustainability: Cape Town will become the first major city in the world to run out of water. July 9, 2018, termed Day Zero, is the day the South African city’s ...
Soon after Earth Day this year, a grim event will remind the world of the importance of sustainability: Cape Town will become the first major city in the world to run out of water. July 9, 2018, termed Day Zero, is the day the South African city’s ...
In South Sudan, the causes of famine run deeper than just food shortage. Since gaining independence from its northern neighbor in 2011, South Sudan has seen its long-sought peace dissolve rapidly into bitter conflict, turning the world’s youngest c...
In South Sudan, the causes of famine run deeper than just food shortage. Since gaining independence from its northern neighbor in 2011, South Sudan has seen its long-sought peace dissolve rapidly into bitter conflict, turning the world’s youngest c...
While the debate over the existence of global warming continues to draw attention, the worst-case scenarios of climate change are already underway in many parts of the world, namely in Cape Town, South Africa. Twenty years after the end of apartheid,...
While the debate over the existence of global warming continues to draw attention, the worst-case scenarios of climate change are already underway in many parts of the world, namely in Cape Town, South Africa. Twenty years after the end of apartheid,...
Earth Day 2018 will take place in a time of great uncertainty. It is a day that means different things to different people. For some, the occasion signals a sense of hope in the potential of humanity to correct its current path and save our planet; f...
Earth Day 2018 will take place in a time of great uncertainty. It is a day that means different things to different people. For some, the occasion signals a sense of hope in the potential of humanity to correct its current path and save our planet; f...
With the stunning overthrows of Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe and Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia, some are wondering whether another one of Africa’s long-enduring rulers, Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni, is soon to follow. What some might find striking about M...
With the stunning overthrows of Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe and Yahya Jammeh of the Gambia, some are wondering whether another one of Africa’s long-enduring rulers, Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni, is soon to follow. What some might find striking about M...