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Citizens of Johnnesburg are paying for the city’s misuse of public money. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G
AFRICA

Citizens also have a responsibility in making African cities liveable

Africa’s cities are growing rapidly and should be more than economic hubs

  • Riedwaan Kimmie
  • Justin Pringle
6 min read
Stitch in time: Abdelkader Ouazzani, the last of Morocco’s brocade master weavers, works on a tapestry in his workshop in the city of Fez. He has not been able to find an apprentice to pass on the secrets of his art to. (Fadel Senna/AFP)
ABDELKADER OUAZZANI

Weaving the last threads of a dying art

Sophie Pons speaks to ​Abdelkader Ouazzani about how his profession of weaving is dying in Morocco

  • Sophie Pons
3 min read