Africa

In Pictures: Everyday Africa you don’t see on the news
Photography

In Pictures: Everyday Africa you don’t see on the news

Hope, happiness and hustle beyond the headlines — Everyday Africa is a network of photojournalists and self-taught photographers, shifting perceptions of the continent with each Instagrammed image.

Written by: Alex King

SafeMotos Rwanda: The tech startup taking on Africa’s second-biggest killer
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SafeMotos Rwanda: The tech startup taking on Africa’s second-biggest killer

This is Uber, Kigali-style — Road accidents are the second biggest killer in Africa, after HIV/AIDS. But Peter Kariuki and Barrett Nash are defying the stats and fuelling a tech boom with their life-saving app in Kigali – and beyond.

Written by: Alex King

In Pictures: How Muslim romance novels became a portal to understand women’s lives in Northern Nigeria
Photography

In Pictures: How Muslim romance novels became a portal to understand women’s lives in Northern Nigeria

Romance, tradition, love and loss in Boko Haram's heartland — When Glenna Gordon stumbled across a Muslim romance novel in Nigeria’s religious north, she entered a world where the rules of love became a barrier - a border that marked the limits of how deeply she could connect. Glenna's book Diagram of the Heart explores the cottage industry of Muslim women writing romance novels in Northern Nigeria, an area best know for terrorist attacks by Boko Haram. Here are Glenna's personal reflections on the project from Huck's Documentary Special III.

Written by: Glenna Gordon

The young South African photographers you need to follow on Instagram
Magazine

The young South African photographers you need to follow on Instagram

#RainbowNation #BornFrees — Photographers Sipho Mpongo, Sean Metelerkamp and Wikus de Wet travelled South Africa together as Twenty Journey to understand the land that binds them. Here they select their favourite Instagrammers.

Written by: Alex King

Club Sanaa are crowdfunding to train a new generation of Tanzanian photographers
Photography

Club Sanaa are crowdfunding to train a new generation of Tanzanian photographers

Lenses change lives — Club Sanaa are working with Msamariakids Centre for Street Children in Moshi to empower marginalised young people through photography.

Written by: HUCK HQ

Alex Majoli and Paolo Pellegrin collaborate to explore Congo’s hidden depths
Photography

Alex Majoli and Paolo Pellegrin collaborate to explore Congo’s hidden depths

Magnum photographers align visions — Alex Majoli and Paolo Pellegrin immersed themselves in Congolese society to come away with a multilayered portrait that will shift perceptions of the troubled land.

Written by: Gemma Padley

Niger’s Tal National are masters of the music grind
Things that inspire me

Niger’s Tal National are masters of the music grind

Things That Inspire Me — From slinging their CDs at the roadside to performing two gigs at once, Niger’s Tal National could teach other musicians a thing to two about hustling.

Written by: Alex King

Is South Africa experiencing a new creative revolution?
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Is South Africa experiencing a new creative revolution?

Art and expression post-Apartheid — Documentary Shield and Spear reveals the limits to freedom of expression in South Africa today and introduces the "Rainbow Generation" driving an exciting new wave of creativity.

Written by: Alex King

Meet Tuareg rebel rockers Terakaft
Music

Meet Tuareg rebel rockers Terakaft

Lost in translation — Their story has been called the most compelling in music and “the most rock ‘n’ roll of them all.” But for Tinariwen, who formed in a rebel training camp run by Muammar Gaddafi – and their offshoot Terakaft – rock ’n’ roll doesn’t mean women, sex and drugs. It means using guitars not guns to fight for a brighter future.

Written by: D'Arcy Doran

Reflections on Nigeria’s historic presidential election
Photography

Reflections on Nigeria’s historic presidential election

from documentary photographer Jason Andrew — Fears of Boko Haram, vote rigging and political violence couldn’t stop Nigerians from voting for the country’s first democratic transfer of power.

Written by: Alex King

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