African Longreads

We love long-form African writing

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"Welcome to #Mogadishu," on the #Somalia capital bursting back to life, by @KatrinaManson in @FT http://t.co/Xb6n4pPjwo h/t @IAmMugendi

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"The Enforcer: A Christian Lawyer’s Global Crusade," by @AmbassadorPower in the @NewYorker: http://t.co/0wQkA36feE #Kenya #Nairobi #Africa

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"On the Casbah Revolution," by Steve Coll in the @NewYorker on #Tunisia's second revolution: http://t.co/xj5Av0Vjoc #Africa #ArabSpring

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"Afro-Europe in the World Cup," @Soccerpolitics in @roadskingdoms on impact of immigrants in European soccer http://t.co/9gJquRDsqH #Africa

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"What to Watch as #Nigeria’s 2015 Showdown Brews," by Dawn Dimowo of @africapractice for @ThinkAfricaFeed: http://t.co/Yj4xheUn6t #africa

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#Tanzania may build new LNG export facility in Lindi - minister http://t.co/UZ0eHGKIcI via @reuters. #Africa

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"Out of #Egypt’s Chaos, Musical Rebellion," on the rise of Hip Hop in #Cairo by @NYTBen in the @NYTimes | http://t.co/BB8bqj8LGv #longreads

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@SmithinAfrica on the re-evaluation of Robert Mugabe's legacy, in @guardian: http://t.co/xiVf4r1W6R #longreads #zimbabwe h/t @lpolgreen

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'Bi Kidude, Songstress Who Breathed Life Into Taarab,' by Edward Qorro in @dailynation http://t.co/Qdvejz4uym #longreads #africa #zanzibar

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"Final Issue." @HebaAfify on the demise of @EgyIndependent, arguably #Egypt's lone independent #newspaper http://t.co/i6SehZ0m13 #longreads

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"Inside Camp Farah," @seaningle profiles Olympic gold-medalist, Mo Farah in @guardian_sport | http://t.co/DH27LL5PkI #longreads #africa

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'Asia in My Life,' by Ngugi wa Thiong’o on East Africans of Indian Descent in @Chimurenga_SA | http://t.co/NFfWiDZg0O #longreads #africa

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'The Third Way.' @TrevorNcube on the power struggle to succeed Mugabe in #Zimbabwe, in @SirNige | http://t.co/UbYrm3NuLW… #longreads #africa

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"Gods Fall Down." On Senegalese wrestling by @johnbthomp in @sbnation, h/t @kenyanpundit http://t.co/8o4DHqCIPS #longreads #senegal #africa

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"Madiba, I Let You Go," by Marelise van der Merwe in the @dailymaverick, h/t @nchiume | http://t.co/esXccHkH6n #longreads #mandela #africa

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How an American spy was saved from a possible death penalty by Shariah law | http://t.co/Zykndq4PEt #CIA #Pakistan #Longreads

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"Nairobi Nights." @madayo profiles the creator of this Kenyan sex blog in @tomorrowthemag | http://t.co/19CBq2ddXE #longreads #kenya #africa

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"Generation Kenya," a 2007 piece on #Kenya and its emergence by @BinyavangaW in @VanityFair | http://t.co/sliHKNEPaQ #longreads #africa

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[Corrected] "Ancient Kingdoms in Land of War," on #Sudan's rich archeological past by @ikushkush in NYT http://t.co/AH4fLWrMCn #longreads

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"Ancient Kingdoms in Land of War," on #SouthSudan's rich archeological past by @ikushkush in NYT http://t.co/AH4fLWrMCn #longreads #africa