Related tags:
music + (52)
AIDS + (37)
photography + (35)
History + (28)
nigeria + (28)
congo + (26)
art + (23)
kenya + (22)
brokenlink + (20)
SouthAfrica + (20)
China + (19)
india + (18)
politics + (18)
HIV + (17)
culture + (16)
photographs + (16)
slavery + (16)
war + (16)
zimbabwe + (16)
african + (15)
ghana + (13)
poverty + (13)
AfricanMusic + (12)
aid + (12)
asia + (11)
charity + (11)
colonialism + (11)
europe + (11)
film + (10)
science + (10)
wildlife + (10)
south + (9)
UN + (9)
women + (9)
football + (8)
documentary + (8)
development + (8)
dance + (8)
animals + (8)
health + (8)
Mali + (8)
Racism + (8)
soccer + (8)
somalia + (8)
tanzania + (8)
travel + (8)
anthropology + (7)
BBC + (7)
conservation + (7)
drugs + (7)
france + (7)
HumanRights + (7)
oil + (7)
rwanda + (7)
technology + (7)
Uganda + (7)
government + (6)
genocide + (6)
election + (6)
Ethiopia + (6)


Users that often use this tag:
infini (35)
flapjax at midnite (20)
plep (15)
gman (11)
nickyskye (11)
madamjujujive (8)
Kattullus (7)
languagehat (7)
allkindsoftime (6)
homunculus (5)
netbros (5)
kliuless (5)
stbalbach (5)
the man of twists ... (5)
ChuraChura (4)
filthy light thief (4)
reenum (4)
palegirl (4)
mathowie (3)
rschram (3)
peacay (3)
stonerose (3)
Gyan (3)
chunking express (3)
quarsan (3)
divabat (3)
Abiezer (3)
artof.mulata (3)
- (3)
klangklangston (3)
puny human (2)
maiamaia (2)
Blasdelb (2)
The Whelk (2)
desjardins (2)
hadjiboy (2)
fizzix (2)
nasreddin (2)
Artw (2)
Mr Bluesky (2)
pwedza (2)
goodnewsfortheinsane (2)
teleskiving (2)
Kololo (2)
adamvasco (2)
zarq (2)
criticalbill (2)
Pretty_Generic (2)
PenDevil (2)
matteo (2)
gsteff (2)
turbanhead (2)
specialk420 (2)
mcgraw (2)
MiguelCardoso (2)
Irontom (2)

Although officially abolished in 1981, slavery still exists in Mauritania. CNN Special Report includes a twenty-two minute video and offers a look inside a country where an estimated 10 - 20% are still enslaved.
posted by gman on Mar 19, 2012 - 59 comments

Richard Mosse's photography from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [Previously] [more inside]
posted by gman on Feb 11, 2012 - 21 comments

Georgina Cranston travelled to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to photograph the women who work deep inside some of the country's disused gold mines. [more inside]
posted by gman on Dec 4, 2010 - 13 comments

National Geographic has digitized all of Jane Goodall's articles for the publication from the past five decades. They've also added a galley of photographs documenting her extraordinary work with chimps.
posted by gman on Sep 16, 2010 - 12 comments

The Vice Guide to Liberia (trailer & parts 1-4 of 8). [more inside]
posted by gman on Jan 23, 2010 - 56 comments

The Maskatorium: hundreds of masks collected from around the world over the past 20 years.
posted by gman on Oct 30, 2009 - 6 comments

WIRED contributing editor Scott Carney interviewed an ocean-going hijacker for his story on the economics of Somali piracy. [more inside]
posted by gman on Jul 28, 2009 - 21 comments

"This week -- for the first time ever -- a searchable collection of thousands of rare photographs chronicling Europe’s colonization of East Africa becomes available to anyone with an Internet connection anywhere in the world, thanks to the efforts of staff at Northwestern University Library." (press release)
posted by gman on Jul 1, 2009 - 12 comments

Covered in lava, Goma in the DRC, was destroyed by the Nyiragongo Volcano a few years back. Since then, the aid hub has seen a lot of turmoil. As Rebel General Laurent Nkunda of the CNDP nears Goma, 250,000 have fled the area and disease is rife.
posted by gman on Nov 9, 2008 - 7 comments

Tuaregian band, Tinariwen, are members of a nomadic tribe in the Northwest of Africa which still practises slavery.
posted by gman on Nov 1, 2008 - 44 comments

Often referred to as “sope”, meaning something magical inhabited by powerful evil spirits, albinos have long been the victims of discrimination in Africa (scroll up). Although Tanzania recently nominated an albino MP, they are being killed and mutilated to support a growing trade.
posted by gman on Jun 8, 2008 - 66 comments