Created with Sketch. Remember your prom night? Us neither really. But while high school proms happen all around the world, in a South African township, the milestone’s even more meaningful.
https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/story/alice-mann-matric-ball-portraits/
By 2030, more than half of African residents will be living in cities. These cities are being built, in large part, by China—from major roads to government buildings, apartment towers, and sports stadiums.
https://qz.com/africa/623798/what-africas-emerging-cities-can-learn-from-china/
Tarot is not so much magic, as the exploration of synchronicity. Archetypes pick up new names and faces on their travels, and Instant Archetypes is a reimagining of the timeless tropes of the Major Arcana for our current climate.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2093788053/instant-archetypes-a-new-tarot-for-the-new-normal
Africa’s economic fundamentals remain strong, but governments and companies will need to work even harder to keep the region’s economies moving forward.
Many observers are questioning whether Africa’s economic advances are running out of steam.
U.S. special operations forces are doing more things in more places than ever before. They are now active in some seventy countries and, since 2001, have seen their combined budget nearly quintuple—a trend that seems likely to continue.
https://www.cfr.org/report/future-us-special-operations-forces
The U.S. is waging a massive shadow war in Africa, exclusive documents reveal
Six years ago, a deputy commanding general for U.S. Army Special Operations Command gave a conservative estimate of 116 missions being carried out at any one time by Navy SEALs, Army Green Berets, and other special operations forces across the globe. Today, according to U.S.
Rwanda keeps surprising. Recently the Rwandan Development Board signed a sleeve sponsoring deal with London Premier League club, Arsenal. Over a three-year period, the 200 sq centimetre ad “Visit Rwanda” will cost the country USD$39 million.
The actual details of the death of a young man called “Kenneth aka Dagba Junior” from the Lagos suburb of Ketu remain murky, but local news reports are clear on the culprit: gutter water.
Heavy rains caused havoc in Kenya in March, collapsing hospital walls, flooding entire neighborhoods, and closing off major highways. The downpour also exposed a fault line that geologists now say is evidence that the African continent will split into two over the next tens of millions of years.
The Maison des Esclaves stands on the rocky shore of Gorée Island, off the coast of Senegal, like a great red tomb.
