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In Bukavu, a city in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, eight artists improvise poetry, known as slams, as a way to air their opinions, ponder the future or demand change. “I have always said that slam is not just a way to express yourself, but also a tool for liberation,” Patricia Kamoso, the only female slam-poet in the group, tells Efe. (...)
John Garangdeng, a teacher in rural South Sudan, squints through the dense haze to find the spot where he teaches his students: the shade of a solitary tree in the middle of a dusty plain. "This is a public school. We asked the government to pay for the construction of classrooms. But it replied that it had no money," Garangdeng tells Efe.
From his SUV in Kenya’s Nairobi National Park, 52-year-old safari guide Siraj Khamis Miraj looks on as four lionesses slowly stretch and reluctantly get up to find shelter from the falling rain, as Mpakasi, one of the oldest male lions in the park, wakes up. “There is no place like this. Where else can you see lions so close to a city?" Miraj tells Efe. Nairobi is the only capital city in the world that has a national park within it, where all kinds of animals roam freely. (...)
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