South Africa Doesn’t Need More Heroes
This election year marks three decades since the country defeated apartheid. But we still haven’t fully healed
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Why the West Refused to Stop the Rwandan Genocide
And why it still matters
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What Should Canadian Museums Do about Their Stolen African Art?
Repatriation efforts were stymied for decades. But the problem can no longer be stalled
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Grieving a Lost Future in Sudan
I planned to return to my hometown of Khartoum one day. As it burns, I wonder if the city of my childhood ever really existed
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Why Corruption Killed Dreams of a Better South Africa
Twenty-five years ago, citizens hoped a postapartheid state would be a fresh start. Today, political and business leaders stand accused of money laundering and bribery
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How Humpty Dumpty Helped Me Teach English in Ethiopia
I turned to singing nursery rhymes to break the language barrier, and my own doubts
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How Being a Canadian Peacekeeper in Rwanda Broke Me
The military was completely unprepared to deal with the aftermath of soldiers returning home from the war zone
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From Horror to Hope
A Q&A with Will Ferguson on his new book, Road Trip Rwanda
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Line in the Sand
Hundreds of journalists, thousands of honoured guests, and one man’s bombast
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