Students at the Dhow Countries Music Academy, dedicated to preserving the music known as “taarab,” play on a balcony overlooking Zanzibar’s port. Amy Yee for NPR NPR Amy Yee September […]
New York Times February 23, 2018 HELL’S GATE NATIONAL PARK, Kenya — Verdant hills stretch into the distance at Hell’s Gate National Park, where zebras, buffalos, antelopes, baboons and other […]
Jerry Parkes stands in a vast field of spiky leaves and peers at a pineapple that is larger than usual. “Wow, look at the size of this fruit!” he […]
New York Times August 30, 2017 VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, Democratic Republic of Congo — On the verdant savanna of Virunga National Park, a herd of elephants clustered near an umbrella-shaped […]
Undark July 28, 2017 Communities near the Rukinga Sanctuary once seemed locked on a path of resource decimation. But here, at least, a global conservation plan is working. By Amy […]
NPR July 24, 2017 AMY YEE Pat Wilkins didn’t plan to live in Ghana. But the former New Yorker is now so much a part of the society that, as […]
Christian Science Monitor July 20, 2017 Molly Melching founded the nonprofit Tostan, which operates in a number of African countries. It’s known globally for alleviating poverty, as well as for […]
The Daily Beast March 6, 2017 The civil rights pioneer and author found his final home—and his burial site—in Ghana, the first African country to win independence from colonial rule. […]
New York Times January 30, 2017 DANAKIL DEPRESSION, Ethiopia — In oppressively dry heat and a miasma of sulfur and chlorine, the rocky landscape sprouts patches of neon green and […]
The Economist October 29th 2016 | THE DANAKIL DEPRESSION, ETHIOPIA | From the print edition Afar horizon STUDYING the seabed does not always mean penetrating the sea itself, even […]
