Found out about Tunisia’s national artisan and handcraft fair earlier this week. It’s apparently an annual and well-attended affair; here are some of the products on sale and display. The fair is ongoing until May 5. Full schedule of exhibitions at the Tunis International Exhibition Center here.
Ladies and gentlemen, Entrepreneurship is IN!Not just because entrepreneurs are some of the coolest peeps ever, but because we Africans have a very real challenge on our hands. The dilemma presented by Africa’s youth bulge: to either sink or swim in the face of youth unemployment and other…
I typically don’t post on here during the week, but this particular topic has been tugging at my brain strings over the past month and is, quite honestly, quickly becoming a nuisance. I guess it has to have its day. A few years back I came across…
Hi everyone, I’m writing to you from the Ivorian capital Abidjan! Just wanted to share a personal feature with all of you. In August 2013, mere days after I returned home to Ghana after completing my graduate degree at Johns Hopkins SAIS, I was approached by Hassan Salih.…
We danced. For months on end.The tango, the waltz, even salsa’d it upAmidst the swirling shadows, intoxicated by tuneDaylight? T’was always the dark we cravedGrinding against each other – wanting, denying, no sleeping tonightHeavy breaths in sync, bass tempo till lightStaring. Breathing the other in. Intimate, strange.Enveloped, conspiring; tearing…