Africa

Liya Kebede started modelling at 18, became a mother at 22 and a UN ambassador at 27. Her self-funded lifestyle brand Lemlem promotes artisanal skills and employment in Africa. Alice Cavanagh meets her in Paris to talk sustainability, swimwear and science fiction. Styling by Irina Marie. Photography by Cedric Bihr

As the FT launches its Seasonal Appeal in support of ZSL, Horatia Harrod comes face-to-face with the giant of all crowd-pleasers, and discovers why this icon of conservation is at greater risk than imagined. Photography by Dan Burn-Forti

After an extraordinary rewilding effort, the country known as the warm heart of Africa is emerging as a new safari wonderland. Lucia van der Post reports

Mike is hoping to rewire relationships with his family on an extended trip to Africa – but he’s not the only one hunting for a new connection…

Grant MacDonald’s Gourma design supports elephant charity Tusk’s conservation work in the African country

Lark & Berry celebrates its first anniversary by planting five trees in sub-Saharan Africa for every piece of jewellery sold

andBeyond’s Sossusvlei Desert Lodge is sleeker, more spacious and more eco

The contemporary art dealer founded the Lisson Gallery in 1967, which today has outposts in London, New York and Shanghai, and represents, among others, Anish Kapoor, Marina Abramovic and Ai Weiwei

Tusitiri, based in Lamu, has been given some nice interiors updates and offers indulgence of the most elemental form

Intimate Magashi offers an east African savannah experience, with wildlife galore

Fashion brand Kleed’s African wildlife patterned loungewear will help fund the anti-poaching work of Saving the Survivors

Marté Egele’s small but perfectly formed handbags come in limited runs of exotic leathers 

A David Adjaye design and local cuisine with a twist make this Lagos restaurant an exciting proposition 

The Belgian architect, who is making his own foray into hotel design in Antwerp, has claimed a tiny private-atoll resort off the east African coast as his hideaway

The new frontier of travel is to face down fears and ask big life questions. Maria Shollenbarger reports on the adventure-travel operators tailormaking psychological thrillers

Abseil down a Victoria Falls gorge and kayak the white waters of the mighty Zambezi in a single day? It’s doable – and unforgettable, as Tarquin Cooper discovers

For their powerful new book, Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher spent more than a decade photographing the sacred – and rapidly vanishing – rituals among traditional African societies. Lucia van der Post immerses herself

Guinevere Antiques celebrates the photography of Mirella Ricciardi, a “creative force” whose captivating imagery of the 1950s led to the acclaimed book Vanishing Africa