Inside: a twist on classic fairy tales, why dead whales are washing ashore, meerkats
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| | She grew up in a Nigerian family of storytellers, steeped in imaginary tales of magnificent castles, extravagantly embroidered garments, fairies, forests, sword fights, trickery—and bloodshed.
As a photographer in adulthood, Nat Geo Explorer Yagazie Emezi used some of those fables to shed light on turmoil that engulfed her homeland but was rarely spoken about. In the image above, our photographer tackles the growing crisis of plastic pollution with The Emperor's New Clothes.
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One nation bound in freedom, peace, and unity: This title, drawn from Nigeria’s national anthem, references the 19th-century English fairy tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears. | | | |
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Dead, but ideals don't die: In this reinterpretation of The Little Mermaid, the title character turns into Mami Wata, a beloved African water deity defiantly protesting pollution. | | | |
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Children of tomorrow: In this photograph, Sleeping Beauty is used to spotlight Nigeria’s ineffective education system. Read more. | | | |
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| | Soccer or football: With the stunning news that soccer legend Lionel Messi is joining Major League Soccer's Inter Miami team, it got us thinking: Who invented this sport? Above, people play ulama, an ancient ball game, which the Mayans are believed to have played some 3,500 years ago. It’s a precursor to the sport known today.
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Meerkats: Smaller than house cats, these critters (photographed above by Nat Geo Explorer Thomas Peschak) can be ferocious enough to take on Cape cobras, which also live in burrows sunk into the Kalahari dunes in southern Africa. It’s not clear how climate change will affect meerkats, but hotter, drier summers may reduce their numbers.
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Ice cream craze: The ban on booze during Prohibition brought a demand not for home-brewed beer—but for ice cream. People flocked to drug stores that sold ice cream sodas. The ice cream truck was invented. Even Anheuser-Busch started producing the sweet treat with the slogan “eat a plate of ice cream every day.” (Above, a group of people enjoy ice cream together in the 1930s.)
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Today’s soundtrack: Ice Cream, Coalishun
This newsletter has been curated and edited by Nancy San Martín, David Beard, Hannah Farrow, and Jen Tse. Amanda Williams-Bryant, Alisher Egamov, Rita Spinks, and Jeremy Brandt-Vorel also contributed this week. Thanks for reading! | | | |
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