She’s One of the Fastest Women Ever. All She’s Missing Is a Gold Medal.
Marie-Josée Ta Lou of Ivory Coast has been milliseconds away from the top of Olympic and world championship podium stands. She has a chance at redemption this month in Budapest.
View ArticleHenri Konan Bédié, Ivory Coast President Deposed in a Coup, Dies at 89
As a longtime power broker he helped make his West African country an economic dynamo, but in office he fomented ethnic divisions and cracked down on dissent.
View ArticleHow Africans Are Changing French — One Joke, Rap and Book at a Time
More than 60 percent of French speakers now live in Africa. Despite growing resentment at France, Africans are contributing to the evolution and spread of the French language.
View ArticlePlaying 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.
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