Festivals go digital as the coronavirus intensifies social distancing
The National Arts Festival, due to run from June 25 to July 5, has become one of many events to…
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Paying tribute to Joseph Shabalala, founder of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and remembering Mandela’s release from prison 30 years ago
Doug pays a loving tribute to Shabalala and his important contribution to the South African music scene. Helden talks to…
Africa’s largest city has a habit of kicking out its poor to make room for the rich
A typical day on Tarkwa Bay, an island on the Lagos lagoon, sees dozens of tourists come in to visit…
Reformed World Bank Program Still Fails the Farmers
In 2013, the World Bank launched the Enabling the Business of Agriculture (EBA) project, aimed at guiding pro-business reforms in the…
Supertrees: Meet Congo’s caretaker of the forest
YANGAMBI RESEARCH STATION, Democratic Republic of Congo — A pair of 70 horsepower outboard motors cut the river journey westward,…
Zimbabwe’s Shashe agroecology village: an inspiration for emancipatory rural initiatives
Farmers of Shashe, a village in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe, are becoming an African inspiration for agroecology and emancipation. Shashe was…