Articles
As a journalist, Andrew Rice’s areas of interest include dictatorship, democracy, New York real estate, American and African politics, witchcraft, sweatshops, born-again Christians, urban planning, baseball, and war. Here are links to a few his favorite stories, grouped loosely by topic.
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Africans and America
- “Mission From Africa”
- Cover story about Nigerian evangelists in America, New York Times Magazine, April 8, 2009
- “The Convict and the Congressman”
- About how a tech entrepreneur, a congressman, and the vice president of Nigeria got involved in a ruinous business deal, Condé Nast Portfolio, November 2007
- “The Long Interrogation”
- About an Ethiopian immigrant facing deportation after being accused of war crimes by three former torture victims, New York Times Magazine, June 4, 2006
- “ Oh, Obama! Young Buck’s Already Big In Kenya”
- Dispatch from the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, about a little-known senate candidate from Illinois and a Kenyan delegation’s efforts to meet him, New York Observer, August 2, 2004
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Datelines from Africa
- “A Dying Breed”
- About the vanishing Ankole cattle of Uganda, New York Times Magazine, January 27, 2008
- “Spoils of Prosperity” About the rise of Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s controversial new president, Condé Nast Portfolio, April 2009
- “George Weah’s New Game”
- Profile of the Liberian soccer star and presidential candidate, New York Times Magazine, August 21, 2005
- “Enemy’s Enemy”
- About the born-again movement’s surge in Africa, The New Republic, August 4, 2004
- “The Book of Wilson”
- Profile of a Ugandan fighting man and impresario, The Paris Review, Summer 2006 Excerpt only. Full story available in the print issue, for sale on the Paris Review website, or in the 2008 Pushcart Prize Anthology.
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American politics
- “Barney Frank Has Got Your Number”
- Profile of the bumptious and brilliant Democratic congressman, Condé Nast Portfolio, February 2009
- “Dry Run”
- Talk of the Town item about a group of foreign dignitaries on hand to observe the 2004 election, The New Yorker, October 11, 2004
- “Why My Mother Dumped Hillary for Obama”
- Column about my family and the 2008 Democratic primary in South Carolina, New York Observer, January 29, 2008
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Real Estate and development
- “A Cold Season in the Hamptons”
- About the real estate bust in New York society’s summer playground, Key, March 11, 2009
- “The Commerce of Commemoration”
- Review of several books about Ground Zero’s redevelopment, The Nation, January 21, 2005
- “The Tightwad’s Legacy”
- About an eccentric Greenwich Village landlord and his billion-dollar estate, Key, April 6, 2008
- “Betting on Star Power”
- About a Richard Meier-designed condo building in Brooklyn, Key, March 18, 2007
- “The Dutch Are Back! They Want To Buy Governor’s Island”
- Profile of a Dutchman with an ambitious development idea, New York Observer, November 26, 2000
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Essays and book reviews
- “Warlord Politics”
- Review of Gérard Prunier’s book on the Congo war, The Nation, April 20, 2009
- “Still Crazy After All These Years”
- Review of books on Africa by Paul Collier and Jean Hatzfeld, The Review, April 17, 2009
- “The Passenger”
- About Ryszard Kapuscinski’s work, The Nation, September 13, 2007
- “An African Solution”
- Review of two books about AIDS in Africa, The Nation, June 11, 2007
- “Why Is Africa Still Poor?”
- Review of several books on African development, including Jeffrey Sachs’ The End of Poverty, The Nation, October 24, 2005
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Diversions
- “Seam Stress”
- Review of several books about baseball, The Nation, August 13, 2008
- “Lamecocks”
- Freakishly prescient article about football coach Steve Spurrier’s likelihood of success at the University of South Carolina, Slate, September 19, 2005
Other articles that Andrew Rice wrote during his time as a fellow of the Institute of Current World Affairs, including his account of a soccer match ruined by witchcraft accusations and a Ugandan tribe that claims to be Jewish, can be found on the institute’s archives page (free registration required).
