Chris Brazier

Once a writer for the rock music weekly Melody Maker (1977-80), Chris Brazier has been a co-editor of New Internationalist magazine since 1984. He has covered myriad subjects from masculinity to maternal mortality, Panafricanism to the paranormal, and has edited country issues on South Africa, Burkina Faso, Western Sahara, Bangladesh, Iran, China and Vietnam. He edits the country profile section of the magazine as well as its puzzle page. Since 2010 he has focused primarily on commissioning and editing New Internationalist’s books and other publications. He has also written regularly for UNICEF’s annual The State of the World’s Children report since 1997.

Chris is the author of Vietnam: The Price of Peace (Oxfam, 1992), The No-Nonsense Guide to World History (2001, 2006 & 2010) and Trigger Issues: Football (2007). He also compiled the New Internationalist anthologies Raging Against the Machine (2003) and Brief Histories of Almost Anything (2008).

Chris Brazier tweets as @chrisbrazier24

Articles by Chris Brazier

New Internationalist: the first 50 years – and the next
Chris Brazier looks back over a career as co-editor that stretches back to 1984, remembering highlights and dark moments from Nicaragua to Vietnam, South Africa to Western Sahara and Burkina Faso.
So where on Earth do we go from here?
Chris Brazier tries to see beyond the wreckage of the UK’s 2019 election.
Free Shahidul!
Bangladeshi police have abducted renowned photographer Shahidul Alam. Chris Brazier explains what Alam's detention means and why he should be released.
Sabtenga: modernization knocks on the gates of tradition
Chris Brazier's full interview with François Moné, the village's latest Chief.
Journey's End
Chris Brazier returns to the village in Burkina Faso that he has visited every 10 years since helping to make a film there in 1985.
Map of Sabtenga - and 30 years of change in Burkina Faso
How the village has grown - and some facts about how things have changed.
Then & Now
A photographic account of changes over the years in: housing; water; education; health; sanitation; food and farming; technology; and women.
An Audience with the Chief
Former military pilot François Moné has taken on the traditional role of Chief. He explains how he is using this to pursue the development of the village.
Autumn of the Patriarch
The latest instalment in the lives of Adama, his four co-wives and their 26 children.
The Perils of Charity
When rich and poor worlds collide, money is inevitably a problem.
Great Expectations
Mariama’s sons are all trying to make their way in the wider world. But how do you explain to Africans that the rich world is now shutting its doors to migrants?
What exactly is ‘world fiction’?
Chris Brazier interviews Elleke Boehmer, Professor of World Literature in English at Oxford University.
Turkey in turmoil
Turkey’s president exploits the recent attempted coup against him to crack down on opponents. Chris Brazier reports.
The right not to sing the national anthem
The integrity of individuals should not be questioned if they do not sing the national anthem, argues Chris Brazier.
Downfall of a murderer
The dethroning of Burkina Faso’s Blaise Compaoré by a popular uprising has been long awaited by Chris Brazier.
Where are they now? Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani
The Iranian women's rights activist on what she has been doing since she was featured in our March 2007 issue.
The heartbreak
Why are so many women still dying in childbirth? *Chris Brazier* explains how they could be saved.
Meat's too expensive
*Chris Brazier* makes the case for a green and fair diet.
Problems in paradise
Tourism is booming – and every country seems to want more. But, *Chris Brazier* wonders, do they see the pitfalls?
Morocco
Western Sahara
The Government of Western Sahara operates not from its own capital city, L’ayoun, but from a small patch of desert over the border in Algeria.
Thomas Sankara: Death of an incorruptible man

A tribute to one of Africa's most promising leaders, murdered in October last year.