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Heard on the road in South Africa

by Ron Singer

[ september 10 ]

"What's the difference between a black and a white cricket? The black ones are noisier." (Are there really white crickets?)

Independence Day

by Michael Griffin

[ july 10 ]

"The voting paper - a Rosetta Stone for the bewildered - is littered with icons of surpassing terror, including the Roman alphabet, two dozen head-shots and the same number of symbols"

Nobody's fault

by Ron Singer

[ july 10 ]

We fail to notice many shades of grey in Africa

A Parliament of Birds in South Sudan

by Stephen Chan

[ june 10 ]

"Every field command, anywhere, detests its high command. Every high command detests its political masters. The further you are from the field, the more death and suffering become notional."

The stirrings of a new nation in South Sudan

by Stephen Chan

[ june 10 ]

"South Sudan could become Africa's 54th state and a precedent for the stable Somaliland being recognised as an entity independent of the turmoils of the south. Suddenly the map of Africa could begin to change."

Wrong-headed

by Chantel Tattoli

[ june 10 ]

Reassessing our beloved Easter Island parable

Hearing voices, seeing things

review by Michael Griffin

The influential but deceptive role of Persian cinema in Afghanistan

McFate and Co

by Michael Griffin

[ may 10 ]

"Though experienced in building roads and wells in Zabul, Loyd was no more a qualified anthropologist than Ayala, a professional mercenary suffering 'prior dormant combat stress injuries' even before the killing."

Night and nowhere: Khujand to Istaravshan

by Ray Nayler

[ april 10 ]

"The car is drifting slowly through a Central Asian city at night. This particular city is Khujand, but it could be a city in almost any of the Central Asian 'Stans where I have spent most of the last six years of my life."

Conversations with a continent

by Ron Singer

[ february 10 ]

A series of panels of experts on Africa was held in New York. We present summaries of these panels.