Posts tagged africa
Posts tagged africa
We need to tell the Africa story differently.
The Boston Review || August 2, 2012
How a group of men with nicknames like “Emperor” and “Spear Carrier” tipped the balance in South Sudan’s fight for independence.
Reuters | Jul 2012
Can Liberia’s celebrated president win the trust of her people?
Guernica || May 1, 2012
Despite the health risk of bleeding and death, the removal of the clitoris is a central element to the Sande initiation ritual. Ten out of Liberia’s 16 tribes practice female genital cutting.
Front Page Africa || March 8, 2012
In 1990 newly independent Namibia became one of the world’s first nations to write environmental protection into its constitution.
National Geographic || June 2011
Kabbalah teaches that only giving will bring a soul out of the darkness. So Madonna planned a splendid gift for an impoverished African nation. Somebody turn on the light.
New York || May 1, 2011
Why NGOs prefer bad news
Columbia Journalism Review || March/April 2011
It wasn’t supposed to be like this. There was supposed to be another way through the jungle, one involving wheels and paved road so human beings would not die like pack animals hauling sacks of unrefined metal on marathon jungle treks.
VQR || Fall 2010
Valentine’s Day is big business for many struggling nations.
The Daily || February 14, 2011
