An unprecedented explosion of conflicts has carved a trail of death and destruction across the breadth of Africa—from Mali near the continent’s western edge all the way to Somalia on its ...
If the events of the first fortnight of the year tell us anything, then 2025 will be full of surprises, some good fortune, and a basketful of heartbreaks. On January 11, Somali President Hassan Sheikh ...
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This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. During a trip to Haiti a few years ago, I traveled off the beaten path and visited the southeastern port city of Jacmel ...
There can’t be many people who care for literature, for all round excellence, who wouldn’t be moved by the fact that Wole Soyinka has, at last, been awarded the Nobel prize. In my opinion he entered ...