Accra Almanac
Apr 22
Man Says He's 'Almost There,' Still Choosing Outfit
ACCRA — Informing friends via WhatsApp voice note that he was ‘almost there’ and ‘just approaching now,’ 27-year-old …
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Nairobi Dispatch
Apr 22
Man Says He's 'Almost There,' Still Leaving House
NAIROBI — Responding to a friend’s call at 7:03 p.m. with the phrase ‘I’m almost there, five minutes,’ 30-year-old …
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Apr 18
The Naija Lookbook: How Burna Boy, Davido, and Wizkid Built a Global Music Industry From Lagos in Under a Decade
The Naija Lookbook: How Burna Boy, Davido, and Wizkid Built a Global Music Industry From Lagos in Under a Decade The Naija Lookbook goes …
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Apr 18
The Cape Chronicles: The Springboks Aren't Luck. Here's the System That Produces World Cup Champions.
The Cape Chronicles: The Springboks Aren’t Luck. Here’s the System That Produces World Cup Champions. The Cape Chronicles goes …
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Western outlets cover Africa in fragments — a crisis here, a World Cup there, an occasional music export. We cover four countries weekly, in depth, with voices that assume the context. Political analysis in Ghana and Kenya. Cultural mechanism reporting in Nigeria and South Africa. Not because these are the only African countries that matter, but because attention is finite and depth costs something. Four countries, done well, is our standard.
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