Essay · Culture
CHARI CHARI
The grid we now live by was a contested argument long before it became a fact.
by Rightson Tole
Culture
Art, music, language and the made things that carry meaning across time.
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Listening as a lost art
Before the recording, a piece of music was something you could never hear twice.
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The museum of ordinary things
Why the objects we throw away often say the most about who we really were.
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What translation leaves behind
Every crossing between languages is a small act of loss and quiet invention.
by Amara Wanjiru
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The cartographer of small hours
An illustrated story about a woman who maps the geography of her own insomnia.
by Teo Mensah
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In praise of difficult books
The work a hard text demands of you is not the obstacle. It is the entire point.
by Daniel Okoro
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The afterlife of a song
A melody outlives its singer, its language, sometimes even its meaning. What survives?
by Sofia Marin
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The last analogue photograph
A darkroom closes on Friday. The chemistry outlives the shop by a considerable margin.
by Teo Mensah
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Matatu
Fourteen seats, one sound system, and an entire city with opinions about the volume.
by Marco Vidal