Boarding a flight to Bangkok back in 2016 – the beginning of my first ever solo trip – I remember…
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Among Leonardo da Vinci’s finest works is the famed Mona Lisa. This 500-year-old painting has been the subject of various…
On a warm April afternoon in 2024, Keith Boyd, 57, strolled through Cairo’s Zamalek district with the South African and…
Ideas of the ‘vanguard party’ and ‘centralised control’ appealed to liberation movements that were looking for ideas that didn’t come…
Read 2 minutesThe African Union of Broadcasting (AUB) held its 2024–2025 Media Awards ceremony on June 20 in Abidjan, Côte…
Abiodun doesn’t look like your typical Nigerian social media influencer. He’s not dressed head to toe in garish designer clothing.…
A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond:NESE ARI/ ANADOLU / GETTY IMAGESOn Wednesday,…
Cycling as community in Dar es Salaam. Image © Mejah Mbuya. Non-motorized transport is the most popular means of getting…
Three years since it’s first publication, Panya Routes: Independent Art Spaces in Africa by Kim Gurney is now open access…
He died almost without warning—John Magufuli, the man who had loomed over Tanzania like an unshakable monolith, slipped away in…