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Researched and written by Justin Fornal

 
 

Photo by Christopher Beauchamp

Ladystone and the jackfruit tepache

Adventure in pursuit of a rare mezcal in the highlands of Oaxaca

Photo by Christopher Beauchamp

dung art helps genocide victims recover

In Rwanda, the revival of imigongo, traditional cow dung art, is helping genocide widows rebuild lives.

Photo by Justin Fornal

tastes from the underground

Soil and clay have culinary purpose far beyond growing food.

 

Photo by Christopher Beauchamp

a real life good semaritan

There are less than 1,000 Samaritans living in the world today. Mabrook Ishaq is one of them

Photo Wesley Archer

Long, Cold One

Justin Fornal Reaches New Depths of Enlightenment in the Icy Waters of the Nares Straight

Photo by Mikael Tamerat

monasteries and exorcisms

Tomorrow is Wednesday. Wednesdays are for exorcisms. At dawn we leave for Debre Libanos

 

Photo by Antoshananarivo

how to join rwanada’s drinking club

Ikigage is a homemade Rwandan beer brewed from the sorghum grain.

Illustration by Richard Manders

little mary’s river inn

With blue in your cup and in your ear, you start to understand why Little Mary’s regulars won’t go anywhere else.

Photo by Christopher Beauchamp

I will die to protect this holy well

The first-person story of Archimandrite Ioustinos, the guardian of Jacob's Well in the West Bank

 

Photo by Christopher Beauchamp

Walking With the hadza

A cultural exchange in the Tanzanian bush with one of the last groups of hunter-gatherers on the planet.

Photo by Adam Wiseman and Diego Huerta

Oaxaca - The gift of color

Celebrating the hues of Mexico’s most vibrant state, Oaxaca, in search of the last Mixtec snail dyers.

 

Photo by Christopher Beauchamp

The Talisman

Seeking spiritual protection to end a deadly practice in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to fight against witches

Photo by Michael Kirkpatrick

The Sacred Bark-cloth of Uganda

A passion for botanical-based fashion leads to new users of the sacred and rare bark cloth

Photo by Christopher Beauchamp

The first swim around Islay Scotland

How an Epic Adventure Produced One of the World's Rarest Whiskies

Photo by Justin Fornal

Zanzibar Herbalist Exorcises Evil Spirits

Said Mohammed turns to oils, spices and incantations when he is called on to expel a jinni

 

Photo by Nathan Benn/Corbis Via Getty Images

Black SLAVES in the US WELL into 1960s

More than 100 years after emancipation, these people were forced to work, violently tortured, and raped

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The quest to return nat turner’s skull

A DNA test will determine if this is actually the skull of the Virginia slave rebellion leader.

Photo by Christopher Beauchamp

Where politics and ice cream meet

This ice cream shop is so good that Israelis sneak into Palestine to eat there.