An exploration of Vodou as a system of thought and a means of understanding the world through Haitian poetry and literature Vodou, at its core, is a religion of oral...
Uncovering long lost letters written during Brazil’s military dictatorship Journalism’s dirty secret isn’t always nepotism. Sometimes, it’s luck! This couldn’t hold any more true for the Lisbon-based journalist, researcher and...
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Why the election of Donald Trump in the United States has turned into an existential crisis for independent media in Latin America How do democracies die? Quickly, or slowly? In...
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“In January, at the approach of winter, I braved the extreme cold to travel by motorbike to Taunggyi,” writes a local journalist in their travelogue for the independent Burmese news...
A French journalist explores how far-right religious factions are challenging the Israeli army from inside “In the history of Israel, the army has never been factional”: writes French journalist Sylvain...
One of Japan’s leading daily newspapers tracks down the Ukrainian refugees seven time zones away from home If you happen to be in Tokyo next Thursday afternoon, you might consider...
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A French journalist talks about his time as a hostage in Mali, and how he sees the future Oliver Dubois tried to escape from his captors in Mali four times....
The anniversary of a historic Danish flood provokes a journey into history, maps, climate and the future Humanity has long struggled with the question of how much it is master...
Black and white photographs in a Brazilian market send a writer down a rabbit hole into music legend The Brazilian city of Juiz de Fora, in the state of Minas...
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