Building up: The annual replastering of the Djinguereber Mosque, also known as Djingareyber, in Timbuktu. It was erected in the 14th century during the reign of Mansa Kankou Moussa and is 700 years old.
Photo: Hameye Capii/AFP
In 2002, actor and filmmaker Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine's car broke down in the Ugandan town of Mbirizi. While waiting for repairs, he wandered off with his camera and stumbled on a small photo studio run by Ssalongo Kibaate Aloysius. That chance meeting sparked a 22-year journey to share Kibaate’s art with the world.
International “aid” for Africa is shrinking – hastened this year by chaos and renewed insularity in the United States. Africa’s trade with the world is shrinking too. For heavily indebted countries, a perfect storm has made landfall.
For five months after Israel’s war on Gaza began, Sherif Naim couldn’t open his laptop. Now, he runs Taqat — a solar-powered co-working hub helping 700+ freelancers survive war. Others like Gaza Talents are doing the same: rebuilding, even under bombardment.
Zimbabwean authorities took farmlands back from white farmers in the early 2000s to redress colonial imbalances. Two decades later, in lithium-rich areas, land is parceled off again – this time to Chinese miners.
