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More than 2.5-million Syrians had fled across the country’s borders and 6.5-million were internally displaced at the end of last year
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Veterans keep Buena Vista alive

Clyde Macfarlane talks to Buena Vista Social Club’s Omara Portuondo and Eliades Ochoa in the wake of their new album and farewell tour.

  • Clyde Macfarlane
7 min read
Singer Jill Scott was announced as last year’s headline act
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Jill Scott to headline at the Cape Town jazz festival

Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter-poet Jill Scott has been confirmed to perform at this year’s Cape Town International Jazz Festival.

  • Lisa Van Wyk
2 min read
ALEJANDRO ESNAL

Sunny side of the street

Cuba has the coolest, most easily identifiable images of any travel destination: the shiny 1950s Cadillacs, the salsa-ing mulattas, the Buena Vista Social Club and what the…

  • Gavin McCowan
7 min read
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Cuba libre

"At last, we are now on the freeway!" said my driver, exhaling proudly, adjusting his sunglasses and revving our white Hyundai hatchback to a recklessly exhilarating 80kph. I…

  • Simon Mills
7 min read