Playing Soccer in $1.50 Sandals That Even Gucci Wants to Copy
In Ivory Coast, lêkê are the preferred footwear for amateur games and almost everything else.
View ArticleChina Keeps Building Stadiums in Africa. But at What Cost?
This year’s Africa Cup of Nations, like several previous editions, played out in Chinese-built arenas. It will end with familiar questions about their legacy.
View ArticleWhy Cocoa and Chocolate Prices are Rising
After a production shortfall in West Africa, cocoa prices rose to $4,000 a metric ton from $2,500. Then they went nuts.
View ArticleChocolate Prices Have Spiked. Why Are Cocoa Farmers Still So Poor?
A destructive market dynamic discourages production.
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Comrade Papa,’ by GauZ’
“Comrade Papa” is told from the perspective of two European arrivals to the West African country, nearly a century apart.
View ArticleAttacks on L.G.B.T.Q. People in Ivory Coast Shake Sense of Security
Ivory Coast, long considered one of West Africa’s most tolerant societies, has recently seen a string of assaults on L.G.B.T.Q. people after several social media influencers exhorted their followers to...
View ArticleUndersea Surgeons
The cables at the heart of the lightspeed, globe-spanning internet run across the grimy, perilous, inaccessible deeps of the sea, in places no one ever sees or visits – until the cables break.
View ArticleA Staunch Ally in Africa Says French Forces Will Withdraw
The troops are expected to leave Ivory Coast this month as France, a former colonial power in West Africa, fast loses influence there.
View ArticleEarly Humans Thrived in Rainforests
The discovery clashes with the traditional image of humans evolving on the savannas of East Africa.
View ArticleU.S. Tariffs Hobble African Cocoa Industry and Chocolate Makers
The new levies come as nations on the continent continue to struggle with the fallout of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
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