Africa
New COVID-19 travel rules are stranding Canadians in Africa
Politics Insider for Dec. 6, 2021: Confusion in southern Africa; O’Toole’s last shot; and 100 years of women in the House
Canada’s peacekeeping mission in Mali: Who’s fighting and why
Canadian troops will be deployed to the UN mission in Mali by the end of the summer. What are they walking into?
Homegoing is a dazzling, million-dollar debut novel set in Ghana
Yaa Gyasi’s much-anticipated novel lives up to the hype
Could legalizing the rhino-horn trade save the rhinos?
Ranchers argue their controversial plan to legalize the sale of horns could actually save the species
Beyond the pale: Living with albinism in Africa
The birth of a child with albinism drove Emily Urquhart to discover its medical and cultural fallout
M.G. Vassanji travels back to Tanzania
The acclaimed novelist’s memoir is an insider’s experience of a misunderstood continent
Binyavanga Wainaina: ‘I want to be exhausted at the end of my trip’
The best-known Kenyan writer of his generation–and an openly gay African–reveals why he’s so passionate about Africa
The African memoirist who dared to come out
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
Binyavanga Wainaina reads from his coming-out chapter
The famed gay Kenyan writer reads a selection from his brave chapter, ‘I am a homosexual, mum’
What most Canadians don’t know about Africa
Building Markets CEO Scott Gilmore on a continent that has quietly redefined itself
Obama in Africa: ‘It could have been so much more’
Critics wonder if the U.S. President has abandoned the continent
Nigeria under siege
Africa’s most populous nation risks becoming the new battleground for the global war on terror