Somewhere along the East African Rift Valley sits a chain of lakes holding more than a quarter of all the surface freshwater on the planet. Most people have never heard of them. The African Great Lakes span ten countries, keep over 50 million people fed and employed, and rarely get a mention alongside the world’s…
Freshwater lakes occupy only a small fraction of the Earth’s surface, yet they hold an extraordinary share of the planet’s accessible water. They appear in very different landscapes, from Arctic wilderness and temperate forests to tropical basins and ancient rift valleys. Some stretch across international borders, while others lie entirely within a single country. Their…
A portrait of Zanjibar radio announcer Rashad Ahmad Ali In a Colaba gallery, among portraits of slain African revolutionaries painted on khadi from Porbandar, hangs the face of a Zanzibari man for whom Mumbai offered both education and escape.Ahmad Rashad Ali carried no gun, led no army and never became president, yet for a turbulent…
