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Kehinde Wiley's Gorgeous Portraits
Kehinde Wiley creates big, bold paintings of young black men that are a throwback to 18th century classical portraiture. His sitters strike regal poses against vibrant, ornate patterns, wearing...
View ArticleNew Music from West Africa
For this New Sounds, hear some loping Tamashek guitar music from the brand new record, "Aratan N Azawad" by the North Malian band, Terakaft, and some new music from the South Malian Vieux Farka Touré,...
View ArticleWest African Snap (Encore Edition)
Hear some buoyant music from Mali, Bourkina Faso, Senegal, and more on this New Sounds program. We'll hear the latest release from Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra, one of Bamako's most popular...
View ArticleNew Music from West Africa
For this New Sounds, hear some loping Tamashek guitar music from the brand new record, "Aratan N Azawad" by the North Malian band, Terakaft, and some new music from the South Malian Vieux Farka Touré,...
View ArticleGetting Mali Wrong
Laura Seay, assistant professor of political science at Morehouse College, warns against bad analogies about the conflict in Mali in her recent Foreign Policy article, "Mali Is Not a Stan."
View ArticleWole Soyinka On Africa
Wole Soyinka, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Nigerian poet, writer and playwright, and now author of Of Africa (Yale University Press), talks about African identify, his life and work, and...
View ArticleBoko Haram Violence Plagues West African Nations
Over the weekend armed members of the terrorist group Boko Haram are believed to have killed as many as 50 agriculture students at a Nigerian University. It’s the latest attack from an Islamist group...
View ArticleNew Music from West Africa
For this New Sounds, hear some loping Tamashek guitar music from the brand new record, "Aratan N Azawad" by the North Malian band, Terakaft, and some new music from the South Malian Vieux Farka Touré,...
View ArticleAmerican Physicians Fight Fear & Disease in West Africa
Healthcare workers in some parts of West Africa are now taking on two battles—the fight to control the growing threat of the Ebola virus, which has killed more than 670 people in four countries since...
View ArticleMistrust Fuels The Deadliest Ebola Outbreak on Record
The deadliest Ebola outbreak on record continues to spread in West Africa, crossing country borders and claiming the lives of nearly 700 people. As local and international doctors work overtime to stem...
View ArticleEbola: Here's What The Medical Community is Up Against
The most recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa has now claimed the lives of 887 people, making it the largest Ebola outbreak ever.Among those infected are two American aid workers who fell ill while...
View ArticleHope For Africa's Economic Powerhouse
All this week, African heads of state are convening in Washington D.C. for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, a three day conference focused on U.S. partnership with Africa's fast-growing economic success...
View ArticleA New Plague? Ebola Outbreak 'Out of Control'
As the Ebola threat looms ever larger over West Africa, what are the first lines of defense in detecting and containing the spread? There's plastic gloves, masks, and protective suits for the...
View ArticleDoctors Without Borders President: Ebola Could Take Months to Contain
In West Africa, the Ebola epidemic has killed at least 1,145 people and sickened hundreds more, and the disease continues to spread. There are possibly hundreds of other carriers of the disease, but...
View ArticleU.S. Military to Help Ebola Effort
Ebola has killed 2,400 people in West Africa since the latest outbreak started in February, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). And things seem to be getting worse, with reports of a...
View ArticleTracking Ebola's Path of Contagion
Vanity Fair contributor Jeffrey Stern discusses the Ebola epidemic and investigates how the deadly virus escaped detection for three months and why the massive international effort has so far failed to...
View ArticleUSAID Steps Up to Fight Ebola
On Thursday, President Obama took the stage at the United Nations General Assembly to talk about the United States's plans to fight Ebola."The courageous men and women fighting on the front lines of...
View ArticleEbola Fears Follow American Doctor Home from Liberia
Despite aggressive precautions, a Dallas healthcare worker has become the first American to contract the Ebola virus within the United States.According to the Centers for Disease Control, the...
View ArticleYou Don't Have Ebola. You're Not Going to Get It.
Worries about Ebola may be contributing to the sliding stock market. But despite all of the fear and the media coverage, it is still highly unlikely that anyone in the U.S. will be infected with...
View ArticleHow Nigeria Became 'Ebola Free'
On Wednesday, President Obama's newly appointed Ebola Response Coordinator, Ron Klain, will officially become the point person heading up the federal government's response to the disease.Meanwhile in...
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