Alex Perry

Alex Perry is an author and TIME contributor who has covered Africa, Asia and the Middle East. His latest book, The Rift: the Future of Africa, will be published in late 2014.

Recent Articles

Pistorius and South Africa's Culture of Violence

The Olympian and his girlfriend seemed to have the perfect romance--until he killed her

By Alex Perry

Under Mugabe: Robin Hammond Records the Suffering of Zimbabwe

Living on a grant from the Carmignac Foundation, Robin Hammond's work records the brutality and struggle of life in Zimbabwe under Mugabe.

By Alex Perry

Somalia in Transition: Photographs by Dominic Nahr

TIME contract photographer Dominic Nahr traveled to Somalia to photograph Mogadishu's return to life after 21 years of civil war.

By Alex Perry

On the Ground: Safe from #Kony?

TIME reports from the Central African village where the U.S. Military has set up camp to help track down the LRA's Joseph Kony.

By Alex Perry

The African Spring: Senegal by Dominic Nahr

TIME contract photographer Dominic Nahr documents the opposition movement in Senegal, which is hoping to unite the spark of reform and political consciousness not just in the country, but across Africa, to finally bring to a close the unhappy era of the continent's Big Men.

By Alex Perry
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