Tamale, Ghana—In mid-April I paid a visit to Ibrahim Mahama, one of the most daring and ambitious artists to emerge from Africa in the past decade. Mahama, 38, is attempting something scarcely contemplated anywhere by anyone— effectively transform the whole…
A number of years ago, Tim Atkins, Master of Wine, declared that it was time to admit that South African Chenin Blancs have surpassed those from France’s Loire Valley, the varietal’s ancestral homeland. This did not come as a surprise…
In the Ghanaian town of Tamale, about 650 kilometres north of Accra, chef Khadija Iddi Yussif is reinterpreting the foods of her childhood into what we might call nouveau cuisine du Sahel. Working with local women and mostly hyperlocal ingredients, Iddi…
I recently received an advance copy of Howard French’s latest book, scheduled for publication in August. It has led me to make the bold pronouncement that Howard’s status as a leading historian of the African world is now inarguable. I…
“You have to be persistent if you are going to get a breakthrough. And social dilemmas, you’ve got to be very mindful that it takes a long time, with frequent missteps. But if you walk away from that you actually…
Last year, there wasn’t a deployed malaria vaccine in Africa. This year, there are two. This is probably the most revolutionary development in our lifetimes, and yet, for many of us, it’s a story we mostly missed. And it’s an…
At our 2024 festival, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, a banker, investor, and philanthropist, sat down with Daré Okoudjou, founder and CEO of Onafriq – the largest digital payments network in Africa, to discuss innovation, entrepreneurship, and financing across the continent.
