Wednesday 15 July 2026
Culture
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In Kampala, Nafeer Al-Aghani transformed song, poetry, and visual art into a shared act of listening amid Sudan’s war. Beyond performance, the evening became a temporary homeland where memory, exile, and hope rehearsed the possibility of peace.
In Kampala, Nafeer Al-Aghani transformed song, poetry, and visual art into a shared act of listening amid Sudan’s war. Beyond performance, the evening became a temporary homeland where memory, exile, and hope rehearsed the possibility of peace.
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Forced into exile by war at home, Sudan’s national team turned instability into resolve. Against all odds, they carried East Africa back onto the AFCON stage and into the knockout rounds.
Forced into exile by war at home, Sudan’s national team turned instability into resolve. Against all odds, they carried East Africa back onto the AFCON stage and into the knockout rounds.
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How a familiar African expression was transformed into a global promise of comfort, stripped of its social and political roots. A meditation on emotion, power, and what the world expects Africa to give, but never to demand.
How a familiar African expression was transformed into a global promise of comfort, stripped of its social and political roots. A meditation on emotion, power, and what the world expects Africa to give, but never to demand.
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A dispatch from Benin City tells the unfinished story of the Museum of West African Art.
A dispatch from Benin City tells the unfinished story of the Museum of West African Art.
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From overnight fame to handcuffs, TikTok creators are testing the limits of expression in one of Africa’s most conservative societies. The backlash reveals not just discomfort with content, but fear of a generation rewriting the rules.
From overnight fame to handcuffs, TikTok creators are testing the limits of expression in one of Africa’s most conservative societies. The backlash reveals not just discomfort with content, but fear of a generation rewriting the rules.
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After a friend is killed in a car crash on the outskirts of Hargeisa, Abdalla Abdirahman traces how crumbling infrastructure, unsafe vehicles, weak enforcement, and slow emergency care have made Somaliland’s roads a daily, grinding emergency.
After a friend is killed in a car crash on the outskirts of Hargeisa, Abdalla Abdirahman traces how crumbling infrastructure, unsafe vehicles, weak enforcement, and slow emergency care have made Somaliland’s roads a daily, grinding emergency.
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Women’s testimonies from Djibouti lay bare and render visible how skin bleaching has evolved into a largely unseen public-health emergency, one driven by a digitized beauty economy and a social order that places the burden of risk on women’s bodies.
Women’s testimonies from Djibouti lay bare and render visible how skin bleaching has evolved into a largely unseen public-health emergency, one driven by a digitized beauty economy and a social order that places the burden of risk on women’s bodies.
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Somalis have answered Trump’s latest racist tirade not with outrage but with a tidal wave of trolling.
Somalis have answered Trump’s latest racist tirade not with outrage but with a tidal wave of trolling.
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African writers using Turkish are reshaping the borders of literature itself. Their works now stand at the crossroads of language, identity, and culture.
African writers using Turkish are reshaping the borders of literature itself. Their works now stand at the crossroads of language, identity, and culture.
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Somali creatives across film, tech, photography, and architecture are asserting control of their own story, challenging misrepresentation and erasure.
Somali creatives across film, tech, photography, and architecture are asserting control of their own story, challenging misrepresentation and erasure.
