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Liberian boys play soccer on the beach in Monrovia.
In modern Africa's first half century of independence, no moment better encapsulates the hopes and despair of the continent than April 1994. Millions of voters were then queuing for hours to cast their ballots in South Africa's first all-race elections, which ended the racist apartheid system and brought to power Nelson Mandela, a fighter who ... Read More

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  • Africa: the Scramble for Survival
    Sep. 7, 1992 | By LANCE MORROW
    The Great Rift Valley can be seen from space. It shears down the eastern shoulder of Africa, a vast geological gash, one of the mysteries of the continent's power. Human life began in the Rift, as if it were gleaming up through a crack in the world. Africa has a genius for extremes, for the ...
  • SOUTH AFRICA: The Defiant White Tribe
    Nov. 21, 1977
    For sake of survival the Afrikaners prepare to enter the laager again
  • The World: POISED BETWEEN PEACE AND WAR
    Oct. 11, 1976
    Slipping silently through woods and rolling farm lands about to explode with the new growth of the African spring, black guerrillas eluded the hard-pressed patrols along Rhodesia's frontier with Mozambique and posted crude signs on the fences of white farmers. The signs said simply: THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES. A hundred miles to the west in Salisbury, ...
  • Time Essay: Arguing with South Africa
    Jun. 27, 1977
    How to judge South Africa, and what to do about it, represents an exceptionally painful dilemma for the U.S. TIME Managing Editor Henry Grunwald just completed a two-week tour of the country. His impressions: Americans should talk to South Africa not about morality, but about reality. Most Americans would call South Africa's treatment of blacks ...
  • South Africa: The Great White Laager
    Aug. 26, 1966
    SOUTH AFRICA (See Cover) Black headlines last week told South Africans of the troubles elsewhere. RACES IN U.S. ON COLLISION COURSE, announced the Natal Mercury, while the Johannesburg Star gave prominence tO THE TRIBAL WAR IN NIGERIA. In the bright and busy nation at Africa's southern tip, however, such difficulties seemed far away. Topless nighties ...
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Africa Photo Essays & Graphics

  • China Goes to Africa: In the last decade, trade between China and Africa has mushroomed to over $106 billion. In his new book, La Chinafrique photographer Paolo Woods explores how the Chinese are changing life on the vast continent
    China Goes to Africa
    In the last decade, trade between China and Africa has mushroomed to over $106 billion. In his new book, La Chinafrique photographer Paolo Woods explores how the Chinese are changing life on the vast continent
  • The Africa Cup of Nations: We look back at the action from Africa's most prestigious sporting event, the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, held this year in Ghana
    The Africa Cup of Nations
    We look back at the action from Africa's most prestigious sporting event, the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, held this year in Ghana
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    New Hope for Kids with AIDS
    In a small country in Africa, one clinic is making progress on the fight against pediatric AIDS. TIME's Christine Gorman reports from LesothoVideo
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    Metallica, The Decemberists and DEVO rocked at the 2009 SXSW Music Festival, along with more than 1,900 other bands like BLK JKS from South AfricaVideo

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