africa
The Return of the Black Death
We went to Madagascar in the fall of 2013 because the village of Beranimbo had been an epicenter of a black plague outbreak that resulted in nearly 600 cases and more than 90 deaths across the country. Madagascar reports the most instances of the...
The Hot Zone: Black Death Returns to Madagascar
The black plague returns to Madagascar's rural highlands.
Remembering Fela Kuti, the Man Who Invented Afrobeat
I spoke to Alex Gibney, director of Finding Fela!, about his life.
Zanzibar Has a Freddie Mercury Problem
The island is happy to make money off the Queen frontman's name, despite its entrenched homophobia.
Famine and Climate Change Are Making Africa a Terrorist Tinderbox
The humanitarian situation in the Sahel is turning it into fertile ground for extremists.
Sahara's Forgotten War
We travel to Africa's last colony to learn about one of the world's least reported conflicts.
The Sahara's Forgotten War - Part 2
The Polisario soldiers demonstrate their desert guerrilla tactics.
Schindler's Witch
During the Rwandan genocide, Zula Karuhimbi saved more than 100 people through “sorcery.”
Kenyan Tribes Are Fighting Over Cows with Kalashnikovs
The recent discovery of a load of crude oil is causing a bloody battle for land and resources.
Senegal's Sea Widows Are Well on Their Way to Financial Independence
Hundreds of young migrants have died at sea, leaving behind a new class of women: the “sea widows”.
This Week in Racism - The History of African Human Zoos in Europe
Artists in Norway built a recreation of the "Congo Village," a human zoo that attracted white patrons who were eager to gawk at tribal Africans held in captivity. Human zoos were a sad, but common attraction in Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries.