The usually straightforward act of going to the toilet is far from simple in Kibera, the sprawling slum on the edge of Kenya’s capital. Hundreds of thousands of people, whose homes are little more than…
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Vinyl records enjoying renaissance in Britain
Vinyl records are back in fashion in Britain where they have recorded their best sales for a decade as devotees and new fans relish what they say is a livelier sound than digital formats. The…
‘Afghan girl’ photographer tells stories behind images
Photographer Steve McCurry remembers exactly how he got his famed 1983 shot of two Pakistani waiters passing a tea tray precariously along the outside of a moving train. “I leaned out the window and someone…
William and Kate name godparents Zara Phillips, old friends for son’s christening
Prince William broke with royal convention by naming his cousin, the champion horserider Zara Phillips, and six old friends as godparents to his son Prince George ahead of the baby’s private christening on Wednesday. Three-month-old…
Black African author could win last ‘Commonwealth’ Booker
Zimbabwe’s NoViolet Bulawayo could make history when the Booker Prize winner is revealed on Tuesday, but the favourite Jim Crace fears the literary contest will have lost some of its character next year. Bulawayo is…
South Africa: Africa’s ‘right-on’ whale capital
Perched away from the world on the rocky southern tip of Africa, the town of Hermanus rose to global whale-watching renown almost by chance. Two decades ago, as South Africa emerged from apartheid-induced isolation, pop…
First black African woman nominated for Booker Prize
Zimbabwe’s NoViolet Bulawayo on Tuesday became the first black African woman to be shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, for her tale of a 10-year-old girl who escapes poverty at home only to find new…
Ballet company bids to woo Africa
It may still have a small following, but one dance company is determined to bring ballet, with its roots in the Italian Renaissance, to urban South Africa. Onstage pirouettes, jetes and turnouts are still very…
James Bond sub car sells for Ksh 73 Million
The iconic submarine car driven by James Bond in the 1977 classic The Spy Who Loved Me fetched £550,000 ($860,000, 650,000 euros) when it was floated at auction for the first time in London on…
‘Mandela’ filmmakers shoulder heavy burden
Nelson Mandela’s is no easy act to follow, the cast and crew of a new biopic on the anti-apartheid icon said Sunday at the film’s world premiere. Actor Idris Elba, who took on the role…