Rob Orchard ist Mitgründer der Slow Journalism Company und Herausgeber des Magazins „Delayed Gratification“.
Sein Ziel ist es, einen Journalismus zu ermöglichen, der unabhängig von Werbegeldern und einer kurzfristigen Aufmerksamkeitsökonomie bestehen kann.
Mit dem Konzept, Themen immer erst ein Quartal, also drei Monate später zu behandeln, will „Delayed Gratification“ nicht nur den Anfang, sondern auch das Ende einer Geschichte erzählen.
18. slow-journalism.com @dgquarterly
Ashton
Kutcher has
his dog put
down
Lisa
Kudrow
says she
had a
life-altering
nose job
in high
school
Mary Berry is not
bringing out a range
of ready meals and
puddings
Wayne Rooney's
four-year-old son
spends his first
full night in his
own bed
Cressida
Bonas
drinks some
coffee in
London
Kim
Kardashian
falls into a
lampshade
Sophie Ellis
Bextor's iPad
is stolen
Bruce
Forsyth
traps his
coat in a car
door
Jennifer
Aniston
gets a
haircut
Jennifer
Aniston
gets the
top of her
ear pierced
Britney
Spears and
her boyfriend
yawn at the
same time
Gwyneth
Paltrow wears
a crop top
Kim
Kardashian
looks quite
tired
Harry Styles
has dinner
with Kim
Kardashian's
half-sister
Kendall
Sarah
Jessica
Parker
walks down
the street
with her
children
Kim Kardashian
and Kanye West
may or may not
be moving to
London
Peter
André says
he is not
very good
at DIY
Imogen
Thomas tells
Closer what's
inside her fridge
(see pull-out)
Victoria Beckham
is so busy that
she sometimes
sleeps only four
hours a night
LOW TREE COUNT HIGH TREE COUNT
Duchess of
Cambridge
35%
Victoria
Beckham
35%
Peter
Andre
25%
Kim
Kardashian
25%
Jordan
40%
100
TREES’
WORTH OF
CELEBRITY
STORIES
x1003
35. slow-journalism.com @dgquarterly
On
dangerous
ground
S
oma has grown quiet. Three months after 301 miners
were killed in Turkey’s worst ever industrial incident,
there are few visible signs of the disaster. Only a
few shops still display messages of condolence to
passers-by and the black ribbons have been removed
from public buses. The reporters who arrived en masse in the
hours after the incident have all moved
on. But this does not mean that life has
returned to normal.
“The town is paralysed,” says Gülay
Yildiz, who works in the Soma Café, a
small teashop across the street from a
statue of two miners, a tribute to the
industry’s history in the area. The 6,000
people employed by Soma Kömür, the
operator that runs three of the five deep pit
coal mines in Soma, do not have an official
date for their return to work. Meanwhile,
prosecutors have launched a court case
against Soma Kömür for the incident at
its mine, and eight company officials are
still under arrest, charged with “causing negligent deaths”. The
first hearing will not take place until at least November.
“Every time we hear the sirens of an ambulance we fear that
something else has happened,” continues Yildiz. “Sometimes I
feel like our whole town needs therapy.”
Three months after a deadly explosion
in a mine in Soma, western Turkey,
Constanze Letsch returned to the town to
see how it is dealing with the fallout. She
found a place divided by fear, politics and money
Tue
13th
Soma is just the
latest in a long
line of mine disasters
in Turkey: more than
2,500 miners have
died since 1991 and
some 13,000 miners
suffered accidents at
work in 2013”
Rescue workers
carry a miner out of the
Soma mine the day after
the explosion
AP/PressAssociationImages
37. slow-journalism.com @dgquarterly
£638,713
£473,558
Watches
£72,109
Skirts£27,218
Dresses£186,342
Coats£71,526
Jackets£74,416
Other necklaces/pendants
£1,239
Ponchos
£3,654
Capes
£3,545
Trousers
£19,589
Suits
£40,184
Jackets/blazers
£41,075
Rings £37,535
Bracelets £30,430
Dresses and skirts
£213,560
Coats and jackets
£120,855
Jewellery and watches
£141,613
Earrings
£1,824
Watches
£585
Gilets/vests
£1,055
Waistcoats£,2794
Shirts
£3,529
Blouses
£1,979
T-shirts £1,035
Tops £38,927
Bustiers
£32,385
Total value of
products featured
Total value of
products featured
Accessories
£35,290
Miscellaneous £783
Embroidered silk
maxi dress, Dior
£26,000
p393
Belts
£3,839
Scarfs
£3,551
Clutches
£2,694
Sunglasses
£2,096
Bags
£22,327
Footwear
£44,841
Shoes£14,496
Boots£30,345
Jumpers£28,083
Sweaters
£14,268
Polo/
Turtle necks
£8,428
Cardigans/
track tops
£5,387
Cosmetics £2,720
Trousers
£12,824
Smart £8,140
Jeans/leggings/
shorts/jumpsuits
£4,684
Coats£50,996
BMW i8 1.5 litre
turbo engine, 362 bhp
£94,580
p126
Motorbikes£29,481
Jumpers
£12,227
Vehicles
£124,061
Suits and trousers
£59,772
Accessories
£29,422
Technology
£16,469
Women’s
clothes
£2,240
Alcohol
£3,540
Misc £3,072
Books
£324
Cosmetics
£338
Shoes
£9,369
Shirts
£13,072
Jumpersetc
£15,021
Bags £21,669
Misc£1,425
Sunglasses
£1,438
Scarfs
£2,670
Ties
£2,220
Coats and jackets
£125,412
Rolex GMT-Master II
£25,600
p150
Stephen Webster
citrine, amethyst, garnet, topaz,
peridot and diamond necklace
£70,000
p288
£638,713
£473,558
Watches
£72,109
Skirts£27,218
Dresses£186,342
Coats£71,526
Jackets£74,416
Other necklaces/pendants
£1,239
Ponchos
£3,654
Capes
£3,545
Trousers
£19,589
Suits
£40,184
Jackets/blazers
£41,075
Rings £37,535
Bracelets £30,430
Dresses and skirts
£213,560
Coats and jackets
£120,855
Jewellery and watches
£141,613
Earrings
£1,824
Watches
£585
Gilets/vests
£1,055
Waistcoats£,2794
Shirts
£3,529
Blouses
£1,979
T-shirts £1,035
Tops £38,927
Bustiers
£32,385
Total value of
products featured
Total value of
products featured
Accessories
£35,290
Miscellaneous £783
Embroidered silk
maxi dress, Dior
£26,000
p393
Belts
£3,839
Scarfs
£3,551
Clutches
£2,694
Sunglasses
£2,096
Bags
£22,327
Footwear
£44,841
Shoes£14,496
Boots£30,345
Jumpers£28,083
Sweaters
£14,268
Polo/
Turtle necks
£8,428
Cardigans/
track tops
£5,387
Cosmetics £2,720
Trousers
£12,824
Smart £8,140
Jeans/leggings/
shorts/jumpsuits
£4,684
Coats£50,996
BMW i8 1.5 litre
turbo engine, 362 bhp
£94,580
p126
Motorbikes£29,481
Jumpers
£12,227
Vehicles
£124,061
Suits and trousers
£59,772
Accessories
£29,422
Technology
£16,469
Women’s
clothes
£2,240
Alcohol
£3,540
Misc £3,072
Books
£324
Cosmetics
£338
Shoes
£9,369
Shirts
£13,072
Jumpersetc
£15,021
Bags £21,669
Misc£1,425
Sunglasses
£1,438
Scarfs
£2,670
Ties
£2,220
Coats and jackets
£125,412
Rolex GMT-Master II
£25,600
p150
Stephen Webster
citrine, amethyst, garnet, topaz,
peridot and diamond necklace
£70,000
p288
Average price
of products
featured
per editorial page
Adverts vs
editorial pages
Pages before
editor’s letter
Magazine
weight
£3,918
311 vs 163
80
£2,937
151.5vs160.5
48
0.89kg
1.26kg
£
How to look a million dollars
Vogue UK’s September issue, which came out on 4th August,
was the title’s biggest ever. But how much would it cost to buy
everything the editors recommended? Almost exactly a million
dollars* as it turns out. Sorry gents: even throwing in its cars and
gadgets, with GQ you can only look $741,219. Here’s how it breaks down
Research: Alessandro Aimone Illustration: Christian Tate
Mon
4th
£638,713
£471,318
Watches
£72,109
Skirts£27,218
Dresses£186,342
Coats£71,526
Jackets£74,416
Necklaces/pendants
£1,239
Ponchos
£3,654
Capes
£3,545
Trousers
£19,589
Suits
£40,184
Jackets/blazers
£41,075
Rings £37,535
Bracelets £30,430
Dresses and skirts
£213,560
Coats and jackets
£141,613
Jewellery and watches
£141,613
Earrings
£1824
Watches
£585
Gilets/vests
£1055
Waistcoats£,2794
Shirts
£3,529
Blouses
£1,979
T-shirts £1,035
Tops £38,927
Bustiers
£32,385
Total value of
products featured
Total value of
products featured
Accessories
£35,290
Miscellaneous £772
Embroidered silk
maxi dress, Dior
£26,000
p393
Belts
£3,839
Scarfs
£3,551
Clutches
£2,694
Sunglasses
£2,096
Bags
£22,327
Footwear
£44,841
Shoes£14,496
Boots£30,345
Jumpers£28,082
Sweaters
£14,268
Polo/
Turtle necks
£8,417
Cardigans/
track tops
£5,387
Cosmetics £2,720
Trousers
£12,824
Smart £8,140
Jeans/leggings/
shorts/jumpsuits
£4,684
Coats£50,996
BMW i8 1.5 litre
turbo engine, 362 bhp
£94,580
p126
Motorbikes£29,481
Jumpers
£12,227
Vehicles
£124,061
Suits and trousers
£59,772
Accessories
£29,422
Technology
£16,469
Women’s
clothes
£2,240
Alchohol
£3,540
Misc £3,072
Books
£324
Cosmetics
£338
Shoes
£9,369
Shirts
£12,947
Jumpersetc
£15,021
Bags £21,669
Misc£1,425
Sunglasses
£1,438
Scarfs
£2,670
Ties
£2,220
Coats and jackets
£125,412
Rolex GMT-Master II
£25,600
p150
Stephen Webster
citrine, amethyst, garnet, topaz,
peridot and diamond necklace
£70,000
p288
Only includes priced items featured in editorial pages;
adverts and advertorial pages excluded.
* The exact total in dollars is $999,722, based on a representative
September 2014 exchange rate
Individual
high ticket
items
38. slow-journalism.com @dgquarterly
Welcome to Planet Chicken
As the Modern Agriculture Foundation announces plans for lab-grown chicken
meat, we trace how the humble chook came to dominate the world
Source: un food and agriculture organisation | Research: Marcus Webb | Illustration: christian tate
Pecking order
Number of live chickens in the world versus other creatures
Equal to one million
Chicken tonight?
Our growing hunger for hen
Poultry sums
Value of global export market
Ruling the roost
Where chickens outnumber people 2:1 > 5:1 > 10:1 >
Counting your chickens
Impact of producing one edible tonne of lab vs natural meat
Mon
2nd
26,989,193
Camels
461,614,100
Turkeys
975,803,263
Goats
1,162,875,535
Sheep
4,843,575,253
Rabbits and hares
7,162,118,000
Humans
20,887,055,431
Chickens
1,467,548,724
Cattle
340,115,200
Geese and guinea fowl
193,821,181
Buffalo
1,185,743,032
Ducks
977,274,246
Pigs
43,528,756
Donkeys
Peak beak
Brunei
45:1 1965 1975 1985 1995 2015
PROJECTED
2030
15
10
5
0
1961
$0.5 billion
(adjusted)
2012
$23.8 billion
(4,660% increase)
ANNUAL GLOBAL
CONSUMPTION,
KILOS PER
CAPITA
on
0.02 hectares
of land
1.9 tonnes
of CO2
emitted
0.94 hectares
500m3
of water
6.7 tonnes
31.7
terajoules
of energy
17.6 terajoules
Source:
new-harvest.org
3,800m3
39. slow-journalism.com @dgquarterly
Tue
7th
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pardons f
president
“If I die
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he is bei
for cance
Wed
8th
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first pati
with Ebo
Africa, di
hospital w
being trea
Kenyan p
Uhuru Ke
appears
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crimes a
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come befo
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denies the
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following
elections,
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Indonesi
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erupts. T
volcano h
for 400 ye
erupted in
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six times,
and displa
than 30,0
A black m
17 times
off-duty
in St Loui
dies at the
claim that
VonDerrit
the officer
the victim
was unarm
Thu
9th
Estonia be
former S
state to g
rights to
couples.
Fri
24th
Sat
11th
OWorld Press
Freedom Index
Feb
180countries
in total
162countries
in total
187countries
in total
142countries
in total
132countries
in total
125countries
in total
177countries
in total
Social
Progress Index
Apr
Global Peace
Index
Jun
Legatum
Prosperity Index
Nov
Good Country
Index
Jul
Corruption
Perception Index
Dec
DG Aggregated
Best Country Index
2014
Human
Development Index
Jul
TopTen
BesTTenworsTTen
BoTToMTen
¥€$
V3
M2
A7
T7
T10
V1Z5
C6
H7
S10
M3
$
The best country in the world
As Australia tops the OECD’s Better Life Index, we use
infographic science to definitively declare the best and worst
countries in the world. We took the 2014 reports for seven
larger annual country indexes, weighted each nation’s ranking
in each and worked out the aggregate scores. Tough luck, Chad
Research: Matthew Lee Illustrations: Christian Tate
How it works: We awarded points to the top ten and bottom ten countries on the seven
country indexes and five city indexes. The aggregated scores show the countries with the
highest and lowest scores. Not every country appeared on every list.
sources: Countries – reporters without Borders world press Freedom Index 2014, The social progress Initiative’s social progress Index, the Institute for economics
and peace’s Global peace Index, the Good Country Index, the United nations Development programme’s Human Development Index, the Legatum prosperity Index,
Transparency International’s Corruption perception Index. Cities – the Monocle Quality of Life survey, The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability ranking,
the GooD City Index, the 2thinknow Innovation Cities Index, the Mercer Quality of Living survey.
Mon
6th
Finland
Netherlands
Norway
Luxembourg
Andorra
Liechtenstein
Denmark
Iceland
New Zealand
sweden
Laos
Sudan
Iran
Vietnam
China
Somalia
Syria
Turkmenistan
North Korea
Eritrea
New Zealand
Switzerland
Iceland
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Canada
Finland
Denmark
Australia
nigeria
CAR*
Yemen
Niger
Angola
Sudan
Guinea
Burundi
Pakistan
Chad
Iceland
Denmark
Austria
New Zealand
Switzerland
Finland
Canada
Japan
Belgium
norway
north Korea
Pakistan
DR Congo
CAR
Sudan
Somalia
Iraq
South Sudan
Afghanistan
Syria
Norway
Switzerland
New Zealand
Denmark
Canada
Sweden
Australia
Finland
Netherlands
United states
Guinea
Sierra Leone
Haiti
Togo
Afghanistan
Yemen
Burundi
DR Congo
Chad
CAR
Ireland
Finland
Switzerland
Netherlands
New Zealand
Sweden
United Kingdom
Norway
Denmark
Belgium
Yemen
Venezuela
Benin
Indonesia
Zimbabwe
Angola
Azerbaijan
Iraq
Vietnam
Libya
Denmark
New Zealand
Finland
Sweden
Norway
Switzerland
Singapore
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Canada
eritrea
Libya
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
Iraq
South Sudan
Afghanistan
Sudan
North Korea
Somalia
Norway
Australia
Switzerland
Netherlands
United States
Germany
New Zealand
Canada
Singapore
Denmark
Mozambique
Guinea
Burundi
Burkina Faso
Eritrea
Sierra Leone
Chad
CAR
Congo
Niger
Aggregated
Best City Index
Vienna 1
Melbourne 2
Vancouver 3
Munich 3
Zurich 5
Copenhagen 6
Auckland 7
Helsinki 7
Tokyo 7
Toronto 10
Stockholm 10
New Zealand
Switzerland
Norway
Finland
Netherlands
Denmark
Sweden
Iceland
Canada
Australia
niger and
south sudan
Eritrea
Syria
North Korea
Iraq
Afghanistan
Sudan
Somalia
CAR
Chad
*Central African republic
DG17 OCT FINAL3.indd 18-19
Tue
7th
Myanmar’s Ministry of
Information announces
the release of 3,000
prisoners, following
pardons from reformist
president Thein Sein.
“If I die, I die.
If I don’t, I don’t”
Ex-Smiths frontman
Morrissey reveals
he is being treated
for cancer.
Wed
8th
Thomas Duncan, a
Liberian national and the
first patient diagnosed
with Ebola outside of
Africa, dies at the Dallas
hospital where he was
being treated.
Kenyan president
Uhuru Kenyatta
appears before the
International Criminal
Court charged with
crimes against
humanity, the first
serving head of state to
come before the tribunal.
President Kenyatta
denies the charges,
which relate to violence
following the 2007
elections, during which
1,000 people died.
Indonesian volcano
Mount Sinabung
erupts. The 2,460m-high
volcano had been dormant
for 400 years before it
erupted in August 2010.
Since then it has erupted
six times, killing 20 people
and displacing more
than 30,000.
A black man is shot at
17 times by a white
off-duty police officer
in St Louis, Missouri, and
dies at the scene. Police
claim that 18-year-old
VonDerrit Myers Jr shot at
the officer three times but
the victim’s family insist he
was unarmed.
Thu
9th
Estonia becomes the first
former Soviet Republic
state to grant equal
rights to same-sex
couples.
Fri
24th
Sat
11th
OctWorld Press
Freedom Index
Feb
180countries
in total
162countries
in total
187countries
in total
142countries
in total
132countries
in total
125countries
in total
177countries
in total
Social
Progress Index
Apr
Global Peace
Index
Jun
Legatum
Prosperity Index
Nov
Good Country
Index
Jul
Corruption
Perception Index
Dec
DG Aggregated
Best Country Index
2014
Human
Development Index
Jul
TopTen
BesTTenworsTTen
BoTToMTen
¥€$
V3
M2
A7
T7
T10
V1Z5
C6
H7
S10
M3
$
The best country in the world
As Australia tops the OECD’s Better Life Index, we use
infographic science to definitively declare the best and worst
countries in the world. We took the 2014 reports for seven
larger annual country indexes, weighted each nation’s ranking
in each and worked out the aggregate scores. Tough luck, Chad
Research: Matthew Lee Illustrations: Christian Tate
How it works: We awarded points to the top ten and bottom ten countries on the seven
country indexes and five city indexes. The aggregated scores show the countries with the
highest and lowest scores. Not every country appeared on every list.
sources: Countries – reporters without Borders world press Freedom Index 2014, The social progress Initiative’s social progress Index, the Institute for economics
and peace’s Global peace Index, the Good Country Index, the United nations Development programme’s Human Development Index, the Legatum prosperity Index,
Transparency International’s Corruption perception Index. Cities – the Monocle Quality of Life survey, The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability ranking,
the GooD City Index, the 2thinknow Innovation Cities Index, the Mercer Quality of Living survey.
Mon
6th
Finland
Netherlands
Norway
Luxembourg
Andorra
Liechtenstein
Denmark
Iceland
New Zealand
sweden
Laos
Sudan
Iran
Vietnam
China
Somalia
Syria
Turkmenistan
North Korea
Eritrea
New Zealand
Switzerland
Iceland
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Canada
Finland
Denmark
Australia
nigeria
CAR*
Yemen
Niger
Angola
Sudan
Guinea
Burundi
Pakistan
Chad
Iceland
Denmark
Austria
New Zealand
Switzerland
Finland
Canada
Japan
Belgium
norway
north Korea
Pakistan
DR Congo
CAR
Sudan
Somalia
Iraq
South Sudan
Afghanistan
Syria
Norway
Switzerland
New Zealand
Denmark
Canada
Sweden
Australia
Finland
Netherlands
United states
Guinea
Sierra Leone
Haiti
Togo
Afghanistan
Yemen
Burundi
DR Congo
Chad
CAR
Ireland
Finland
Switzerland
Netherlands
New Zealand
Sweden
United Kingdom
Norway
Denmark
Belgium
Yemen
Venezuela
Benin
Indonesia
Zimbabwe
Angola
Azerbaijan
Iraq
Vietnam
Libya
Denmark
New Zealand
Finland
Sweden
Norway
Switzerland
Singapore
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Canada
eritrea
Libya
Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan
Iraq
South Sudan
Afghanistan
Sudan
North Korea
Somalia
Norway
Australia
Switzerland
Netherlands
United States
Germany
New Zealand
Canada
Singapore
Denmark
Mozambique
Guinea
Burundi
Burkina Faso
Eritrea
Sierra Leone
Chad
CAR
Congo
Niger
Aggregated
Best City Index
Vienna 1
Melbourne 2
Vancouver 3
Munich 3
Zurich 5
Copenhagen 6
Auckland 7
Helsinki 7
Tokyo 7
Toronto 10
Stockholm 10
New Zealand
Switzerland
Norway
Finland
Netherlands
Denmark
Sweden
Iceland
Canada
Australia
niger and
south sudan
Eritrea
Syria
North Korea
Iraq
Afghanistan
Sudan
Somalia
CAR
Chad
*Central African republic
DG17 OCT FINAL3.indd 18-19 16/03/2015 10:37
41. slow-journalism.com @dgquarterly
1960-1967: From
Harrogate to Biafra
Chris Ejiofor grew up in Zaria,
an ancient, largely Muslim city in
Nigeria’s arid north, where his father
was a prosperous businessman and
the family lived in comfort. In 1960,
aged 14, he joined the Nigerian army,
proudly swearing allegiance to Queen
Elizabeth.
In 1962 he won a military schol-
arship to study in the UK, at the Army
Apprentice College in Harrogate. “It
was a beautiful experience,” he recalls,
“although in those days some people
had the impression that black people
were not intelligent.” He did his best
to dispel this myth, graduating with
flying colours and winning multiple
awards for excellence, as well as being
feted in a BBC radio interview and
profiled in the local press.
Ejiofor returned to Nigeria with
high hopes, eager to make a contri-
bution to the building of his newly
independent nation. It was not to
be. In 1966, military coups plunged
the country into civil war, split the
army and ignited ethnic tensions.
Pogroms were conducted against
the Igbo people which claimed more
than 30,000 civilian lives and saw a
million Igbo fleeing to seek refuge in
their ancestral homeland in southeast
Nigeria. Ejiofor’s family was amongst
them. Ejiofor himself was based in
Lagos with his battalion, and got out
in the nick of time after being tipped
off that fellow army troops were en
route to his base to kill all Igbos.
On 29th May 1966, yet another
massacre began in the north. The
widely broadcast anthem of this
pogrom was a bloodthirsty chant in
the Hausa language:
Mu je mu kashe nyamiri | Let’s go
kill the damned Igbo
Mu kashe maza su da yan maza
su | Kill off their men and boys
Mu chi mata su da yan mata su |
Rape their wives and daughters
Mu kwashe kaya su | Cart off their
property
O
n or around 15th August
(in rural Nigeria people
can be tremendously
hazy about precise
dates) a jubilant crowd
made its way to the Ngamikpo IV
Palace in Oyofo Oghe. The people
chanted as they marched and were
joined by neighbourhood children who
dashed into the dusty road to take part
in the fun. As they arrived at the 12 foot
high palace gates with their bright gold
lettering, they called out for their ruler.
“Igwe!” (King) they shouted.
The king, 67-year-old Igwe Engr.
Chris Ejiofor (Ezekwesili) Ngamikpo
IV, appeared in front of the palace.
Resplendent in floor-length black
brocade robes embroidered with
delicate gold filigree birds and flowers,
he wore necklaces made of ivory and
coral and a gold crown trimmed with
red velvet and leopard skin. Gold
beads, hung in strands from the sides
of the crown, swayed gently as he
approached his people. The crowd
roared. “Igwe! Igwe!”
The procession marked the return
of a group of the king’s subjects from a
successful raid on an illegal settlement
on his land. The king surveyed the
scene with satisfaction. It’s fair to say
this kind of thing rarely happened
during his four decades in Derby.
The last King
of Derby
In 2009 Chris Ejiofor, a soft-spoken aviation engineer
from Derby, was suddenly and unexpectedly elected ruler of
a kingdom in Nigeria. Susan Schulman has been following his progress
for the last four years, and tells the story of his fight to make
the most of an extraordinary second chance
Thu 15th
Ejiofor returned
to Nigeria
with high hopes,
eager to make a
contribution to the
building of his newly
independent nation.
It was not to be”
SusanSchulman
43. slow-journalism.com @dgquarterly
Anatomy
of an
exodus
In the first few months of 2015
as much as five percent of Kosovo’s
population – an estimated
100,000 people – left the
country in search of better opportunities
in the EU. James Montague and
Mitra Nazar witnessed the upheaval first
hand and traced the human cost to those
taking the newest route into Europe
9th December 2014
Pristina, Republic of Kosovo
Despite the perpetual motion of people passing through
it, the Pristina bus station is a grey and dismal place. It
looks run-down and dirty, no matter how many times its
concrete steps are swept and cleaned.
It’s 11pm, and it’s getting cold. There is one bus left for
the night, but the stalls, shops and one cafe still thrum with
people. For years the bus to the Serbian capital of Belgrade
would leave every evening almost completely empty,
passing the border that separates Kosovo and Serbia with
just a handful of passengers. Not tonight.
Several hundred people have crowded around the
bus to Belgrade. They have packed lightly. There are
young families clustered together in fours and fives.
Young men – friends – in groups of two and three. Older
men travelling alone.
They all have tickets but there are not enough seats
to go around and, as the bus leaves, the aisles are full to
bursting with standing passengers. It is a six-hour journey
to Belgrade, but it only takes an hour to get to the Kosovo-
Serbia border.
Wed
25th JodiHilton
53. slow-journalism.com @dgquarterly
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