Category: .The Guardian
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Ferry tales: a trip up Lake Malawi
As the sun rises, the inky shape of the hills and the stars above the Malawian shore start to pale. In the east towards Mozambique, an orange line forms, fattening into a blood-orange ball. Fishermen are already out as the MV Ilala, a 600-tonne ferry that has chugged up and…
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The Malawi music festival bringing hope to its refugee residents
Malawi’s Dzaleka refugee camp, a sprawling former political prison housing 20,000 internally displaced people, is an unlikely home for a vibrant arts festival. The Tumaini arts festival’s Congolese founder, Menes La Plume, is clear in his ambitions: he wants to change the way refugees are perceived across the world, and…
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Spoek Mathambo and the future sounds of township tech
Spoek Mathambo and the future sounds of township tech Rapper’s new feature-length film documents the rise and rise of South Africa’s electronic music scene, says Clyde Macfarlane “Township tech” is more than just a music genre. As well as describing a particular strain of South Africa’s upcoming electronic music scene,…
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Owiny Sigoma Band – review, Clyde Macfarlane Free download from the Kenyan band whose signature nyatiti lyre is never far from a keyboard bleep or computerised drum loop on their bold second album, Power Punch. Owiny Sigoma Band has settled into a consistent stride with their second release, honing everything…
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Forró for all at Lisbon’s carnival of Brazilian music
Forró for all at Lisbon’s carnival of Brazilian music Lisbon’s small but vibrant Forró de Lampião Carnival draws enthusiasts from all over the world and is a chance to enjoy this Brazilan music and dance closer to home Outside Lisbon’s Steps club and dance school platefuls of feijao tropeiro –…
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Conservation protest camp in Tasmania
Conservation protest camp in Tasmania I was on a year out in Australia, and after a few months in the red centre I decided to go to Tasmania to escape the heat, and to see big trees. The island is home to a vast forest of Eucalyptus regnans, the largest…
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Adventures at sea
Adventures at sea Tall Ships Adventures (02392 832055) offers voyages on amazing boats aimed at 16-25-year-olds. Clyde Macfarlane, Guardian student travel writer of the year 2009, says: “When I was 16, I took part in a tall ship race across the Baltic, from Gdynia in Poland to Turku in Finland.…
I'm Clyde Macfarlane, an NCTJ qualified journalist and illustrator. 