Africa 12/21

Sep 25, 20234 min read

Queer film in Africa is rising – even in countries with the harshest anti-LGBTIQ+ laws

A recent book, Queer Bodies in African Films, studies the growing LGBTIQ+ output from film-makers around the continent, from Morocco ...

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Sep 22, 20234 min read

Kenya’s new urban school meal plan is ambitious – it could offer lessons for scaling up

More than 250,000 children in public primary schools in Nairobi will receive regular subsidized school meals provided by the county ...

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Sep 21, 20234 min read

Morocco earthquake: why traditional earthen architecture is not to blame for the recent destruction

The epicenter was high in the Atlas Mountains. Entire villages have been flattened. Neighborhoods in Marrakech, the Old City ...

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Sep 20, 20234 min read

Nigeria’s slick Netflix epic, Jagun Jagun, explores a rich past that also reflects the world today

Netflix’s recently released film Jagun Jagun (The Warrior) is set in pre-colonial Nigeria and follows the story of a feared warlord ...

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