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Love in the Time of Sickle Cell Disease

by Krithika Varagur,

What’s the cost of rolling the genetic dice?

The Black Axe

by Sean Williams,

How a pan-African freedom movement lost its way

The Black Axe

by Harper’s Magazine,

Everywhere and nowhere: tracing the evolution of a notorious Nigerian fraternity

Romancing Kano

by Glenna Gordon,

Photographs from northern Nigeria

American Hustle

by Alexandra Starr,

How elite youth basketball exploits African athletes

The Many Faces of Boko

by Caelainn Hogan,

Against a current of extremist violence, Northern Nigeria struggles to modernise Koranic schools

Jetty, Niger Delta

by Samuel James,

Jetty, Niger Delta. A man arrives at the end of the day to sell ice cream to children who have finished helping unload diesel fuel from the creeks. © Samuel James

Samuel James at the Half King in New York City

by Harper’s Magazine,

Please join photographer Samuel James and Harper’s Magazine art director Stacey D. Clarkson on Tuesday, February 12, for a discussion of James’s work.

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Love in the Time of Sickle Cell Disease

The Black Axe

The Black Axe

Romancing Kano

American Hustle

The Many Faces of Boko

Jetty, Niger Delta

Samuel James at the Half King in New York City

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September 2012

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