Johnson Masase has found local fame, and self acceptance, through performances that play on people’s ignorance about his genetic condition and his 3-foot-4 inch frame.
By John Eligon, Yvonne Mooka and Joao Silva
Oleksiy Klochkovsky has driven mail and parcels around the front line in Ukraine for four years. He keeps one ear tuned for danger from above.
By Cassandra Vinograd and Oleksandr Chubko
Nguyen Van Loc was persecuted for performing Hanoi’s old romantic music during (and after) the Vietnam War. He can’t stop. He won’t stop.
By Damien Cave and Linh Pham
Mfundi Vundla spent 21 years in exile and created the popular television show “Generations.” His latest project is a play that explores the imperfections of the fight against apartheid.
By Zimasa Matiwane
While hundreds of other journalists fled into exile after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitri A. Muratov stayed. But he did not stay quiet.
By Valerie Hopkins
After years of anonymously documenting abandoned public works projects in Colombia, Luis Carlos Rúa revealed himself days before his election.
By Genevieve Glatsky and Esteban Vanegas
Joseph Kabila, the former president, faces the death penalty after the government convicted him of treason last year. He says the charges are bogus.
By Ruth Maclean
Maria Kalesnikava is campaigning for the West to engage with the regime in Belarus that imprisoned her for more than five years.
By Valerie Hopkins
Helgi Hjorleifsson, a firefighter, is a leader in a national experiment to steer rivers of lava away from important sites. Some called it crazy, but it worked.
By Amelia Nierenberg and Egill Bjarnason
After publishing more than 20 books and winning a Nobel Prize, the Turkish author fought to bring a celebrated novel to the screen — on his own terms.
By Ben Hubbard and Emin Ozmen
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