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Issue 29 Sep-Oct 2010
Editor Alex Rayner
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6 AFRICA E F N
6 Reinventing the wheel
Project Rwanda helps develop the nation’s trade
and civic sense through the application of bicycle power
8 It’s a matter of opinion
Kenyan sci-fi director Wanuri Kahiu argues that Africa
needs speculative, high-tech stories of its own
10 Life boats
An expedition uncovers new biological and cultural
fi ndings along the Congo, Africa’s second longest river
16 Finding the right market
From Lomé’s fetish fests to fi ne tribal goods from
Nairobi’s Maasai, we look at Africa’s best markets
22 King of the castles
Kate Thomas visits Ghana’s colonial coastal forts and
discovers both the country’s past and its future
28 The garments of Edun
Can fashionable clothes also be ethical and benefi t
Africans? They can if they’re made by the Edun label
32 EUROPE E F N
32 Fired up
Hannover’s International Fireworks Competition
34 My city
Congolese model Joelle Kayembe talks us through
her favourite hangouts in London
89 AIRLINE
89 Airline news E F N
Brussels Airlines’ work
with rehabilitation
programmes in the DRC
94 Miles & More E F N
Our frequent fl yer
programme
96 Route maps E
Where we fl y to
100 Airport Info E
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Language choice: E nglish F rançais N ederlands
36 The surreal deal
We take a seaside ride on Belgium’s Coast Tram
42 Capitals of (multi)culture
From Madrid to London and Lisbon to Brussels, we
uncover the African neighbourhoods of Europe’s cities
47 BUSINESS E F N
48 All eyes on Africa
Could it be time for businesses to invest in CCTV?
50 60 seconds with...
Marcel Brekelmans of Hotel Des Mille Collines, Rwanda
52 Eastern promise
What does increased Chinese investment in Africa
mean for the continent? Daniel Howden reports
59 GUIDES E F N
Quick guides to Brussels and the cities we fl y to in Africa
101 Safety E F N
102 Fleet E F
104 Video E F
Films to watch on your fl ight
110 Audio E F
Music to listen to on board
115 SHOP E
Your chance to make
great savings on perfume,
watches, jewellery, gifts
and confectionery
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