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Searching for silence in the Karoo

Discovering the extraordinary power of absolutely nothing in South Africa’s semi-desert heart.

Posted byAlexander MatthewsSeptember 19, 2016September 21, 2016Posted inJOURNALISMTags:antony osler, karoo, meditation, mindfulness, psychology, silence, south africa, tankwa-karoo, travel, zen1 Comment on Searching for silence in the Karoo

Swaziland’s handmade revolution

How fair trade is empowering thousands in Africa’s last absolute monarchy.

Posted byAlexander MatthewsJuly 27, 2016September 9, 2019Posted inJOURNALISMTags:design, fair trade, fairtrade, handcrafts, homeware, retail, swaziland, swift, weavingLeave a comment on Swaziland’s handmade revolution

Hot and happening at the 10th Bushfire festival

Swaziland’s Bushfire has become the warmest, most diverse music festival south of the Zambezi. I traced the smoke to its founder, Jiggs Thorne.

Posted byAlexander MatthewsMay 17, 2016September 9, 2019Posted inJOURNALISMTags:africa, art, bushfire, culture, music, music festival, swazilandLeave a comment on Hot and happening at the 10th Bushfire festival

Bringing people home

Angel Jones, the founder of the Homecoming Revolution, on convincing talent to return to Africa.

Posted byAlexander MatthewsApril 22, 2016September 21, 2016Posted inJOURNALISMTags:africa, african diaspora, angel jones, emigration, homecoming revolution, immigrants, johannesburg, recruitment, south africaLeave a comment on Bringing people home

Mozambicans flee as Renamo and Frelimo face off

Innocent lives up-ended as conflict escalates.

Posted byAlexander MatthewsApril 18, 2016September 9, 2019Posted inJOURNALISMTags:Afonso Dhlakama, africa, alex vines, chatham house, civil war, filipe nyusi, frelimo, Gilles Cistac, maputo, mozambique, politics, refugees, renamo, warLeave a comment on Mozambicans flee as Renamo and Frelimo face off

Benguerra’s beach bliss

A visit to the tropical paradise of Azura Benguerra in Mozambique.

Posted byAlexander MatthewsMarch 31, 2016September 20, 2016Posted inJOURNALISMTags:beach, benguerra, luxury, luxury travel, mozambique, travelLeave a comment on Benguerra’s beach bliss

A novel idea

Veteran ad man John Hunt on his debut novel, The Space Between The Space Between.

Posted byAlexander MatthewsDecember 3, 2015September 9, 2019Posted inJOURNALISMTags:advertising, books, culture, fiction, john hunt, south africa, South African fiction, tbwaLeave a comment on A novel idea

Playing with paper

From Joburg to Japan and beyond, Kamishibai queen Jemma Kahn tells me about the journey to her new show, We Didn’t Come to Hell for the Croissants.

Posted byAlexander MatthewsDecember 1, 2015September 9, 2019Posted inJOURNALISMTags:acting, culture, drama, jemma kahn, kamishibai, performance, storytellingLeave a comment on Playing with paper

Fired up: the sound and the fury

A chat with artist Matthew Hindley about his new exhibition of paintings inspired by the Cape Peninsula’s April 2015 fires

Posted byAlexander MatthewsNovember 3, 2015September 9, 2019Posted inJOURNALISMTags:art, culture, Everard Read, matthew hindley, painting, south african artLeave a comment on Fired up: the sound and the fury

The Good doctor: saving lives on the edge of world

An interview with Damien Brown, the Australian doctor who recounts his time as an MSF doctor in Africa in the wonderful Band-Aid for a Broken Leg.

Posted byAlexander MatthewsSeptember 27, 2015March 29, 2016Posted inJOURNALISMTags:africa, angola, cape town, damien brown, doctors without borders, medicine, msf, open book, sudanLeave a comment on The Good doctor: saving lives on the edge of world

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