Berfrois

Africa

In Liberia, Grahem Greene made the perfect snoop…

‘In times past the elephants were more successful than people.’

(See a slideshow of Portraits from a Parched Land)

By next July, South Sudan may become the world’s newest country

‘Paradoxically, Churchill’s fight to save the Empire led to its loss’

Chinua Achebe on the aquired taste of Nigerian nationality

(Read an excerpt of ‘Things Fall Apart)

Poem: Office by Allison Titus
Video: Tim Birkhead on the Early Birdwatchers
Book excerpt: ‘White House Diary’ by Jimmy Carter
Podcast: The University in Cyberspace
Short story: ‘The Pied Piper of Fuckit’ by Miles Harvey
Video: Super Mario Bros. on a Sidewalk