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Africa

Nollywood: The film industry where women call the shots

Daniel Okechukwu
photography by Andrea Frazzetta

"Access allows you to have a voice on-screen. Access allows you to put more women in the room.”

  • Africa
  • Lagos
  • Nigeria
  • Colonialism
  • Film
  • Nollywood
  • Women

Chile’s vaccination rate among top; Protests in Holland; Infections in Papua New Guinea.

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A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world

  • Australia
  • Chile
  • Pakistan
  • Seychelles
  • The Netherlands
  • Public Health

Party like it’s 2019; another virus in the Philippines

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A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world

  • Bangladesh
  • Brazil
  • Philippines
  • Russia
  • Tanzania
  • Public Health

“Air vaccines” in Brazil; Ghana first to receive Covax innoculations; Argentine health minister fired for offering VIP access to COVID vaccine.

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A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world

  • Argentina
  • Brazil
  • Ghana
  • Japan
  • Nigeria
  • Public Health

Guinea sees Ebola resurface amid COVID pandemic; experts baffled by fall in India cases. Missionaries in the Amazon stoke vaccine skepticism.

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A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world

  • Brazil
  • Guinea
  • India
  • New Zealand
  • Switzerland
  • Public Health

Why we started a chocolate business in Ghana

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An interview with the founders of 57 Chocolate

  • Africa
  • Ghana
  • Food
  • Love

South Africa bans alcohol (again) as COVID cases spike; Israel bolts ahead in race to inoculate; world’s largest vaccine maker dedicates supply to developing countries

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A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world.

  • Africa
  • Bolivia
  • India
  • Nigeria
  • South Africa
  • South America
  • Public Health

COVID on a cruise to nowhere; Philippines won’t cane social distance violators

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A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world.

  • Pakistan
  • Philippines
  • Singapore
  • Slovakia
  • South Africa
  • Public Health

The Kuti Legacy

Molara Wood
photography by Pius Utomi

Femi Kuti on politics, family and the future of Nigerian music

  • Africa
  • Lagos
  • Nigeria
  • Afrobeat
  • Music

Did You Know?

Pub in a Tree

  • Africa
  • South Africa
  • Drink

Did You Know?

The Cocoa Farmers of Ghana

  • Africa
  • Ghana
  • Food
  • Labor

Did You Know?

Botswana’s Pro-LGBTQ Laws

  • Botswana
  • LGBTQ
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