Africa

For weeks, my assignment has been the weather. Not the mundane forecast, but its violent, climate-fueled extremes. I didn't plan it this way; the crisis dictated the itinerary. In a matter of weeks, I journeyed from the sun-scorched, silent…

The dominant narrative about European colonialism has historically been built on the myth of the “civilizing mission,” famously invoked by French Prime Minister Jules Ferry in 1884, along with the ideas of progress, modernization, and…