A road can reopen before a household recovers. Dakar’s flood response should count the livelihoods that water interrupted. OPINION · BY MOSTY CHANSA AND GOODNEWS MATETE · 8 OCTOBER 2026 A tailor making a leather bag in Soumbedioun, Dakar, 16 March 2024. Illustrative archive photograph; this person is not identified as a flood victim. Photo: […]
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Made in Africa. Worth coming back for.
Pride can persuade someone to make a first purchase. Quality and care are what bring them back. OPINION · BY MOSTY CHANSA AND GOODNEWS MATETE Basket weaving in Rwanda, 2017. Illustrative archive photograph. Photo: Masako Kato / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Image resized; homepage thumbnails may be cropped. Photo and thumbnail adaptations remain […]
The opportunity you cannot afford to open
A job application can be free to submit and expensive to reach. That difference decides who gets a chance. OPINION · BY MOSTY CHANSA AND GOODNEWS MATETE A participant using a phone at a Wikimania watch party in Kenya, 2022. Illustrative archive photograph. Photo: Queen Asali / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Image resized; […]
Give the city back its hours
The cost of a city is also the time it takes from the people who keep it working. OPINION · BY MOSTY CHANSA AND GOODNEWS MATETE A Casablanca Busway vehicle photographed in 2023, before the service’s launch. Illustrative archive photograph. Photo: Turdyfirst / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Image resized; homepage thumbnails may be […]
Our stories deserve an audience at home
Foreign applause can open doors. It should not be the only way a filmmaker reaches the people inside the story. OPINION · BY MOSTY CHANSA AND GOODNEWS MATETE Behind the scenes of the Nigerian film Golden Sword, 2014. Illustrative archive photograph. Photo: Chinedum55 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Image resized; homepage thumbnails may […]
Support women’s football after the trophy
National pride lasts a weekend. A football career needs support through the season. OPINION · BY MOSTY CHANSA AND GOODNEWS MATETE Morocco’s women’s team before an Olympic qualifier against Zambia, 9 April 2024. Illustrative archive photograph. Photo: Mohammed Ayman Nechchad / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Image resized; homepage thumbnails may be cropped. Photo […]
Africa should not feel foreign at its own borders
Unity becomes real at a visa counter, a departure gate and the point where an ordinary journey becomes unaffordable. OPINION · BY MOSTY CHANSA AND GOODNEWS MATETE Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2010. Illustrative archive photograph. Photo: Vob08 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0. Image resized; homepage thumbnails may be cropped. Photo […]
The world is dancing. Who gets paid?
A song can cross a border in seconds. The money can take a much less direct route. OPINION · BY MOSTY CHANSA AND GOODNEWS MATETE A Ugandan musician performing at Bayimba, 2017. Illustrative archive photograph. Photo: Museruka Emmanuel / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0. Image resized; homepage thumbnails may be cropped. Photo and thumbnail […]
