Ibrahim Abougendy, the Egyptian designer who turns scrap into furniture – in pictures
Image Source Africa has long been known for upcycling – the creation of new goods from salvage ones – as…
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Surviving COVID-19: The Neglected Remedy
Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), one of the biggest civil society movements in Africa, presents the “first mini-Barefoot…
The Owner of One the World’s Most Important African Art Collections Dies
Image Source Sindika Dokolo, the Congolese businessman has died aged 48. Dokolo was born in 1972 in Kinshasa, capital of…
Ghostly Presences in Addis Ababa: A Conversation with Maaza Mengiste
Image Source “THESE ARE NOT gentle stories,” Maaza Mengiste warns in the introduction to Addis Ababa Noir. Mengiste, whose second novel, The…
Beyond the language of denial: Men talk mental health in Ghana
Oti Agyemang Prempeh recalls the time in 2017 he found the courage to talk to his father about living with…
‘Like the speed of the wind’: Kenya’s lakes rise to destructive highs
Image Source Peering into the lake, the village elder struggled to pinpoint where beneath the hyacinth and mesquite weeds lay…