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Culture and Ideas Category—Silver Winner: Sara Kunda: A Homecoming in The Gambia

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

by Joshua Berman
The pre-dawn sky is as dark and sparkling as it was when we ducked into the mosquito net, only a few hours ago. The last of the goat hadn’t been eaten until after midnight, and the party broke up soon after that. Now Tay and I are barely awake, awash in candle and [...]

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Culture and Ideas Category—Gold Winner: As the Wind Moves, So Does Memory

Sunday, March 11th, 2007

by Todd Pitock
In 1992, Jean-Yves Brizot, not yet 30, went to Niger to create a guild of blacksmiths. He had spent most of his 20s guiding young adventurers in rugged environments all over the planet, but the place that captured his imagination was the Sahara. There, he’d encountered Tuareg blacksmiths creating exquisite silver jewelry using [...]

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