Africa

Politics Insider for Dec. 6, 2021: Confusion in southern Africa; O’Toole’s last shot; and 100 years of women in the House

Canadian troops will be deployed to the UN mission in Mali by the end of the summer. What are they walking into?

Yaa Gyasi’s much-anticipated novel lives up to the hype

Ranchers argue their controversial plan to legalize the sale of horns could actually save the species

The birth of a child with albinism drove Emily Urquhart to discover its medical and cultural fallout

The acclaimed novelist’s memoir is an insider’s experience of a misunderstood continent

The best-known Kenyan writer of his generation–and an openly gay African–reveals why he’s so passionate about Africa

Binyavanga Wainaina is one of Kenya’s leading literary figures–and a gay man in Africa, at a time where it’s dangerous to be one

The famed gay Kenyan writer reads a selection from his brave chapter, ’I am a homosexual, mum’

Building Markets CEO Scott Gilmore on a continent that has quietly redefined itself