Africa

Twenty years across Sub-Saharan Africa — from the swamps of the Niger Delta to the sand dunes of the Nubian Desert. Ethiopia, Liberia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Sierra Leone.

SOUTH SUDAN · NUBA MOUNTAINS

Too Fat for the Copilots Seat

I arrived in Nairobi not knowing I was about to enter a war zone. A week later I was flying an Aero Commander at 600 feet over South Sudan.

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SUDAN · NUBIAN DESERT

Black Cake

A dust storm, a Land Cruiser, a Japanese colleague who did not understand the desert, and a meal that was not what it appeared to be.

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ETHIOPIA · RURAL HIGHLANDS

The Question I Never Asked

I travelled all over Ethiopia alone, in a Toyota 4Runner. This story is about one evening I have never been able to leave behind.

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LIBERIA · MONROVIA

The Clerk Who Sent the Chairman to Jail

A clerk named Kofi documented a financial crime at personal risk. He asked for nothing in return. Except, later, a phone.

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LIBERIA · MONROVIA

Black Label

Two men sat opposite the Deputy Finance Minister and said nothing at all. What happened next is something I have never fully explained to myself.

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COMING SOON

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