Africa

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  Video

  Magic Hats: Dancing in the Streets of Soweto

  February 3, 2014 - 

  On a visit to the Soweto street that was once home to Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Nelson Mandela, filmmaker Jake Sumner recorded a stunning performance by local contortionist dance duo Skeleton Pantsula Crew.  More

  By Jake Sumner

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  Photo Gallery

  Living in Fear: Gay and Persecuted in Uganda

  December 3, 2013 - 

  Photographs capture sorrow, anger and glimpses of hope in Uganda, where pastors and politicians alike have inveighed against same-sex relations, leading many gays and lesbians to experience eviction, job loss, estrangement and assault.  More

  By Bénédicte Desrus and Jocelyn Edwards

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  Op-Ed

  Dadaab: The Clock Is Ticking

  November 4, 2013 - 

  For those familiar with the extreme poverty and crime Somalis face—in their own country and in Kenya’s rapidly growing Dadaab camp—Al-Shabaab’s deadly attack on an upscale Nairobi mall was not a matter of if but of when.  More

  By Thymaya Payne

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  Photo Gallery

  Queer Faces Made Visible in Africa

  July 1, 2013 - 

  Despite South Africa’s expansive gay rights laws and international leadership on marriage equality, the nation’s LGBTQ women have been frequent targets of brutal violence. Challenging the marginalization of her community, artist Zanele Muholi captures the individuality of queer women throughout Africa in resolutely political photo-portraits.  More

  By Zanele Muholi

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  Photo Gallery

  Mali: The Euphoric Era of Independence, in Photos

  June 3, 2013 - 

  The vibrant studio photographs of Adama Kouyaté evoke a cultural moment before Mali made headlines as a country besieged by insurgents, at war, and suffering from ongoing poverty, portraying the nation’s youthful optimism following independence from the French.  More

  By Adama Kouyaté and Amadou Chab Touré