From Boston to Provincetown, WBUR film critic Erin Trahan highlights the many places to enjoy documentaries, indie films, and local shorts this season.

Water is life. Village Force Africa The infectious rhythms of African instruments resounded round the market square. Children ...

On the southern border of Senegal lies a small village called Keur Niangane. The roughly 1,200 residents of this village ...

A failed crossing from Mauritania's coast toward Spain's Canary Islands in which 44 Pakistanis perished earlier this year has ...

An osprey bird discovered by fishermen near Usalo Beach, Siaya County. The bird was found trapped in a net by Mr Walter Tende ...

He is the best known of a cohort of African architects whose ideas are at the profession’s cutting edge. In particular, they are showing how to build sustainably for a warming, changing planet; what’s ...

ShareTwo years into the Renewed Hope administration of President Bola Tinubu, many Nigerians are getting frustrated, confused ...

The Edinburgh of the Seven Seas settlement is considered ... is home to just over 200 people. It can only be reached after a nearly week-long boat trip departing from Cape Town, South Africa. Forget ...

Pride Month arrives at an especially dire moment for the LGBTQ+ community. Under the second Trump administration, homophobic ...

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This tiny village of just over 900 people remained isolated for centuries ... Other finds include ancient tools and a blacksmithing site. South Africa’s real crisis: Mr President, it’s ...

If city buzz drains your energy and you’re craving a calmer pace, South Africa ... sea spray in the air, long dog walks on the beach, and a tight-knit creative community make this coastal ...