9 Best Articles in 2022
News24
South Africa's leading source of breaking news, opinion and insight
News24
~13 min read · From 2017 · News24, South Africa's premier news source, provides breaking news on national, world, Africa, sport, entertainment, technology & more. · Shared by 4485, including Tarik ESSAADI, David Doughty, Scott Santens, Paul Watson
artforum.com
North Korea’s monumental gifts to Africa
artforum.com
10 min read · May 23rd · INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP: THE GIFTS FROM AFRICA. BY CHE ONEJOON. Kehrer, 2021. 192 pages.ON OCTOBER 13, 2010, Senegalese president Abdoulaye Wade stood at Collines des Mamelles—twin hills that… · Shared by 83, including artforum
The Guardian
Built on the bodies of slaves: how Africa was erased from the history of the modern world
The Guardian
~14 min read · 2021-10-12 · The long read: The creation of the modern, interconnected world is generally credited to European pioneers. But Africa was the wellspring for almost everything they achieved – and African lives were… · Shared by 185, including Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Ibram X. Kendi, Columbia University, isaac Samuel, 艾未未 Ai Weiwei, Steve Faulkner
The Guardian
Scientists call for travel ‘code red’ over Covid variant found in southern Africa
The Guardian
3 min read · 2021-11-25 · Variant causing concern because of ‘extremely high’ number of mutations may be present across South Africa · Shared by 118, including Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #Abolishthemonarchy, John Tasioulas, Marcel Salathé, Kenneth Kalmer, Roger Highfield, Arin Basu, Carly
afrogistmedia.com
How To Not Be An Obnoxious Tourist When Visiting Africa
afrogistmedia.com
2 min read · Jun 17th · After witnessing many tragically offensive trips to Africa (voluntourism, white saviorism- you get the hint), it occurred to me that it might be very useful to make a guide on how to properly visit… · Shared by 89
bemytravelmuse.com
12 of the Most Beautiful Places in Africa
bemytravelmuse.com
~12 min read · May 24th · Can't decide where to travel in Africa? These are the top 12 most beautiful places in Africa, with where to stay, when to go, and more! · Shared by 77
Guardian Tech
Facebook’s second life: the unstoppable rise of the tech company in Africa
Guardian Tech
8 min read · Jan 20th · Western users may be logging off, but across the continent of Africa, the social media company is indispensable for everything from running a business to sourcing vaccines. How has it become so… · Shared by 42, including Tactical Tech, emily bell, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Mark Kaigwa
The Guardian
Why are Africa's coronavirus successes being overlooked?
The Guardian
4 min read · From 2020 · Examples of innovation aren’t getting the fanfare they would do if they emerged from Europe or the US, says Guardian columnist Afua Hirsch · Shared by 158, including Prof. Catarina Dutilh Novaes 😷 💙, Ken Norton, Vikram Dutt, Luca Like, Christopher Lauer, M. Serdar Kuzuloğlu, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Graham Brown-Martin, Mark Kaigwa, Martin Varsavsky 🇺🇦, Vishal Gulati (I back scientists), Larry Ferlazzo, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Olori’s Baby
The New York Times
The Coronavirus Is Mutating. What Does That Mean for Us?
The New York Times
7 min read · 2020-12-20 · Officials in Britain and South Africa claim new variants are more easily transmitted. There’s a lot more to the story, scientists say. · Shared by 205, including Dr. Syra Madad, Muge Cevik, Forbes India, adventuregirl, Nate Silver, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Prof. Akiko Iwasaki, Steven Sinofsky, Eric Topol, Edward Tufte, Dr. Simon A. Rego, Arin Basu, Massimo Pigliucci, Eric Vitiello, Andy Slavitt 💙💛, Deborah Blum, Scott Galloway, Anna Irrera, Juliette Kayyem, Virginia Hughes
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The Baffler
The Despotism of Isaias Afewerki
The Baffler
~15 min read · Sep 2nd · Afewerki’s attack on Tigray is the culmination of the Eritrean dictator’s ambition to become master of the Horn of Africa. · Shared by 184
NPR
'Scream for Me, Africa!': How the continent is reinventing heavy metal music
NPR
6 min read · Aug 7th · Africa's metalheads have a bold vision. We talk to Edward Banchs, author of a new book about Africa's metal scene, and to a heavy metal singer in Botswana known as "Vulture." · Shared by 182
The Associated Press
The Tiafoe Effect: US tennis star has big impact in Africa
The Associated Press
3 min read · Sep 12th · FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Last year, Sam Jalloh zig-zagged across West Africa coaching tennis to kids, taking with him rackets, balls and a cellphone loaded with photos and videos of a pro player… · Shared by 39
CNN
Scientists discover a 5-mile wide undersea crater created as the dinosaurs disappeared
CNN
4 min read · Aug 17th · A newly discovered crater off the coast of West Africa was likely caused by an asteroid more than 400 meters wide that hit the Earth around the same time as the space rock that doomed the dinosaurs to… · Shared by 69
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The New Yorker
The Secretive Prisons That Keep Migrants Out of Europe
The New Yorker
20+ min read · 2021-11-28 · Tired of migrants arriving from Africa, the E.U. has created a shadow immigration system that captures them before they reach its shores, and sends them to brutal Libyan detention centers run by… · Shared by 283, including Tactical Tech, Bill McKibben, BenYT, David Nagel, Rebecca Buxton, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Frederic Filloux, hakan, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Lucas Laursen
The Baffler
The Despotism of Isaias Afewerki
The Baffler
~15 min read · Sep 2nd · Afewerki’s attack on Tigray is the culmination of the Eritrean dictator’s ambition to become master of the Horn of Africa. · Shared by 184
The Brookings Institution
Foresight Africa: Top priorities for the continent in 2019
The Brookings Institution
Summary · 1 min read · From 2019 · Africa and its stakeholders have good reasons to be optimistic, including accelerated economic growth and a promising continent-wide free trade agreement. However, the continent faces grave challenges, including an impending debt crisis and worsening fragility and poverty due to climate change. This Brookings Institution report based on multiple contributors offers diverse insights into what African nations are doing to seize opportunities and mitigate social and economic disasters. · Shared by 31, including getAbstract
The Brookings Institution
Spotlighting opportunities for business in Africa and strategies to succeed in the world’s next big growth market
The Brookings Institution
Summary · 6 min read · From 2019 · Companies seeking to expand their global presence should look beyond emerging markets in India and China to Africa, write consultant Acha Leke and economist Landry Signé in this illuminating report. They explain how Africa’s growth capacity presents numerous opportunities for investment, despite the region’s challenges, and that companies with the foresight to look at the continent’s unmet needs can realize strong profits while contributing to development. Executives and investors will find this a good introduction to what African business has to offer. · Shared by 31, including getAbstract
The Guardian
Why Google Maps gets Africa wrong
The Guardian
9 min read · From 2014 · From colonial cartographers to digital depictions, the continent is being sold short, says Think Africa Press · Shared by 61, including Florian Jungnikl-Gossy 🦕
Mongabay
What’s popping? Humpbacks off South Africa, new acoustic study finds
Mongabay
4 min read · May 9th · In 2019, researchers sailed to a sprawling seamount off the coast of South Africa, and lowered hydrophones to the seafloor. They picked up all kinds of noises: waves, the crackling of the reef,… · Shared by 59
BBC News (World)
Africa's iconic architecture in 12 buildings
BBC News (World)
5 min read · 2021-10-12 · Two architects are determined to showcase the architecture of Africa to the world - past and present. · Shared by 77, including AIA National
MIT Technology Review
The problems AI has today go back centuries
MIT Technology Review
4 min read · From 2020 · In March of 2015, protests broke out at the University of Cape Town in South Africa over the campus statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes. Rhodes, a mining magnate who had gifted the land on… · Shared by 163, including Tamara McCleary, Dominik Grolimund, Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Katja Evertz, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Nicolas Babin #CES2023, Bill Johnston, Terence Mills, Marten Mühlenstein, Nige Willson, Andreas Staub, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Marc R Gagné MAPP 🍁, Dean Anthony Gratton
