https://www.christopherclarkjournalist.com/bio daily 0.75 2026-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9be283e2ccd15461ed4036/e9bb8da2-5f91-46ad-a81c-b3041f8deabb/IMG-8241.jpg FULL Bio - Christopher Clark Journalist, Filmmaker and Author Hailing from a sleepy village in rural Devon, United Kingdom, I moved to Cape Town, South Africa in 2011 with a view to forging a career as a freelance journalist covering the African continent. I first established myself as a travel writer, roaming around southern Africa as well as Kenya and Tanzania, writing feature articles and guidebooks for the likes of CNN Travel, Fodor's Travel, Lonely Planet and Rough Guides. Since 2015, I've shifted my primary focus to reporting on power, inequality and social change, with a particular interest in long-form features. Recent topics have included an attempted murder at a prestigious British boarding school, extreme wildfires in the Mediterranean, the rise of a far-right French media empire, and the tainted legacy of oil exploration in northern Kenya. I've reported from 16 different African countries for outlets such as Al Jazeera, The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Harper’s, NPR, Reuters, Vice, and The Washington Post. I have written, produced and co-directed two 25-minute documentaries for Al Jazeera’s ‘Witness’ series. My solo directorial debut, ‘The Race’, was released in early 2019 as part of a BBC Africa series on African masculinity. I’ve also made short films for Mongabay, TRAFFIC and the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. My first book, Clare: The Killing of a Gentle Activist, a “compelling” and “deeply moving” work of narrative non-fiction, was published by Tafelberg in May 2022. Nowadays, I am based in the south of France. Since returning to Europe, I have written features for The Dial, Earth Island Journal, Financial Times Magazine, Hidden Compass, Monocle and Nieman Reports. I also do occasional work as a communications consultant for NGOs and UN agencies. https://www.christopherclarkjournalist.com/home daily 1.0 2026-04-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9be283e2ccd15461ed4036/1520947481482-KCUZNJ17Z9YA3Y40TN0I/061A4226.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9be283e2ccd15461ed4036/1774878590192-7R8JPNPGK9TY83DNR7MC/Screenshot+2026-03-30+at+14.52.25.png Home - Nieman Reports, February 2026 France’s independent press fights back Alternative media startups see themselves as a bulwark against billionaires and the far right. 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Photo/Film A moto taxi driver during the 2021 Ebola epidemic in N’zerekore, Guinea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9be283e2ccd15461ed4036/1622539454442-B8YLXQYNP0R56MNH07Q6/untitled-8209.jpg Photo/Film Young boys fish on the Lopori River in the DRC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9be283e2ccd15461ed4036/1622539114503-B58CE8UG8AU2X18CULY7/061A0318.jpg Photo/Film Josephine Kamara, a vaccinator during the 2021 Ebola epidemic in Guinea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9be283e2ccd15461ed4036/1622541879691-KXM9JHAM0TK04VF5J8NX/061A0678.jpg Photo/Film Marius Djo, a WHO consultant, talking to a Guinean community about sexual abuse and exploitation https://www.christopherclarkjournalist.com/book daily 0.75 2026-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9be283e2ccd15461ed4036/4ac0a752-7c74-42f2-bdd6-f7527702252f/Screen+Shot+2022-05-30+at+12.34.47+PM.png Book - Available online and in bookshops In November 1993, political activist and development worker Clare Stewart’s body was found in a shallow ditch in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa as the region sat on the brink of civil war. Amid the ensuing chaos and euphoria of the country’s ‘new dawn’, the details of Clare's killing would stay hidden beneath the surface. This gripping, moving account of Clare’s life and the mystery surrounding her death touches on the fragility of memory, family loss, apartheid’s evils, and the fault lines in South Africa’s democracy. “An engrossing and entirely unusual read… A text full of complexity and discovery, of investigative journalism, history and of Clark’s deep personal connection to a story and a place, South Africa, he has come to call home.” - Marianne Thamm, Daily Maverick. “Beautifully written…Clark’s struggle to refashion and repurpose fragments from history is thoroughly captivating and turns the book into a gripping page-turner.” - Rithuli Orleyn, Mail & Guardian. “Extremely moving… A significant piece of writing.” - Mike Nicol, author of Payback. 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