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The Nigerian author Stephen Buoro rejected the culture of his homeland for a long time. Today, he criticizes how heavily it is being exploited

The Latin American-Californian artist Saul Villegas blends art and science in his unique 3D digital worlds

Putin is fighting in the Ukraine for the right to an equal dialogue with the West

Unlike in the West, people in the East still believe in the future, says Xiaolu Guo. The author and director, who commutes between Europe and China

The old order is breaking down: historian Anne Applebaum reflects on the profound changes of our time

For years, Louisiana’s grand carnival was a men-only domain – until the Krewe of Muses was founded and women took the parade by storm

In Europe and the USA, right-wing parties are increasingly gaining influence, while resistance to them is waning. Anthropologist Arjun Appadurai diagnoses a collective democratic fatigue

The rapper Kasidech Saengjan voices the struggles of people in Thai slums. In this playlist, he gives his personal soundtrack to day-to-day life in Khlong Toei

Informal settlements in particular can benefit from nature-based solutions. Researchers Darryn McEvoy and Mittul Vahanvati explain how planting the right grasses is helping a community in the Pacific region

The social organization Ikhayalami is trying to make informal dwelling in South Africa safer and healthier. How do they do it?

Favelas are a hotbed of innovation. This is where the Expo Favela business trade fair comes in, working to showcase companies from Brazil's informal settlements

The writer Helon Habila grew up in Nigeria, later moved to the UK and now lives in the USA. In his books he revisits the people, places and politics he has experienced first-hand

The Ugandan director and producer Isaac Nabwana has made a name for himself with his bloody and humorous action films. His films are made on a tight budget in Wakaliga, a slum in the capital Kampala, is also known as Wakaliwood in a nod to Hollywood

Some 300,000 people live in Cité Soleil, the slum in Port-au-Prince in Haiti, a place of gangs, evangelical zealots and abject poverty. An essay by Lyonel Trouillot about the neighbourhood's history and the multitude of lives that have unfolded there

After coming to power in 2015, the Polish PiS transformed public television in Poland into a propaganda machine. In 2023, the new Prime Minister Donald Tusk immediately set about restoring the independence of the state media. But the dismantling of democratic controls had been thorough