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Different angle (by Andrew West, July/August 2011 ): Andrew West's photos of the Mustard Seed Secular School, Uganda
Book review: Dancing in the Glory of Monsters by Jason Stearns (by Richard Wilson, July/August 2011 ): Richard Wilson is impressed by a new book on the collapse of the Congo
Witch-hunt saboteurs (by Richard Wilson, May/June 2011 ): Across Africa, humanists are on the front line in the battle to protect women and children accused of witchcraft. Richard Wilson reports
Faultline (by Eliza Griswold, March/April 2011 ): From the Philippines to West Africa the tenth parallel, the line of latitude 700 miles north of the equator, is a geographical frontline between Christianity and Islam. Eliza Griswold has researched the resulting conflict for seven years. This is her dispatch from Nigeria
People get ready (by Kobena Mercer, November/December 2010 ): A new exhibition of James Barnor’s photography provides a route-map of Afro-Modernism. Kobena Mercer gets it in focus
The Catholic Church acts as a law unto itself (by Richard Wilson, May/June 2010 ): Child abuse is far from the only crime the Vatican has to admit. Just look at its record in Africa, says Richard Wilson
Dreams in a Time of War by Ngugi wa Thiong'o (by Toby Saul, March/April 2010 ): Toby Saul reviews the memoir of an African master
In praise of the coup (by Paul Collier, March/April 2009 ): Military takeovers can be a good thing for African democracy. Paul Collier makes the case
Three-Letter Plague by Johnny Steinberg (by Andrew Mueller, January/February 2009 ): Andrew Mueller enjoys some journalism with a human touch
'Follow God, work & provoke no one' (by Richard Dowden, September/October 2008 ): That’s the philosophy of a unique Muslim sect. Richard Dowden traces its spread across the diaspora
African Psycho by Alain Mabanckou (by Natalie Haynes, January/February 2008 ): Natalie Haynes is unimpressed by an African murder mystery
Campus crusades (by Ebenezer Obadare, November/December 2007 ): Ebenezer Obadare reports on the rise of Nigeria’s student zealots
One hellhole under God (by Christopher Lord, September/October 2004 ): Christopher Lord explains why American conservatives suddenly care about Sudan
Courage and Commitment (by Jim Herrick, July/August 2004 ): Jim Herrick reports from Africas first humanist conference
The Mechanics of Genocide (by Linda Melvern, Spring 2001 ): Linda Melvern analyses the failure of the international community in Rwanda
Taking it to the streets (by Moses Kamya, Web Exclusive, June 2008): Moses Kamya, headteacher of the Mustard Seed Secular School in Uganda, reports on the rise of the preacher on the streets of the capital
Africa's imaginary gay crisis (by Ebenezer Obadare, Web Exclusive, June 2011): Across the continent, gays have become the scapegoats for destitution, argues Ebenezer Obadare
In Jehovah’s village (by Daniel Sitole, Web Exclusive, August 2011): God is alive and well and living in rural Kenya. Daniel Sitole meets him