Postcards: Greek monastery manuscripts tell new story of Ottoman rule
COSTAS KANTOURIS, of Associated Press, reports from Mount Athos in Greece…
Under a bridge, Angola’s left-out youth look to ballot box for change
Luanda, Angola Reuters Two years ago, Francisco Mapanda and Arante Kivuvu were jobless during the COVID-19 pandemic so they started selling whiskey and cigarettes under a bridge in Angola’s capital, Luanda. To ease the boredom, they read books, and when they realised others also wanted to read, they got more – until their hawking spot […]
South Africa’s UCT campus salvaging books from burned library
Cape Town, South Africa Reuters Staring helplessly as flames from a weekend wildfire on the slopes of Table Mountain spread and razed the University of Cape Town’s library, chief librarian Ujala Satgoor was back amid the smouldering ruins on Tuesday to try and salvage what was left. One of Cape Town’s worst fires in recent […]
Postcards: Library helps ‘left behind’ Nepali women gain cash and confidence
ADELA SULIMAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a crumbling library in Nepal is playing a key role in empowering women left in rural areas as hard times see men seek work elsewhere…