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Zanzibar After Dark on The World

Zanzibar's 'Solar Mamas' flip the switch on rural homes, gender roles

Take a step back from Zanzibar’s white sand beaches and big hotels and you’re in a very different world. One where the island’s dusty, inland villages largely go dark once the sun sets. This is when the differences between people who have electricity and those who don’t are most pronounced.

FROM THE NEWSROOM:  The ruling party in Turkey lost its grip on power a little bit over the weekend. It will now have to govern as part of a coalition, if it can form one. Regular contributor Zeynep Tukekci is back in her native Turkey to monitor the election and the outcome, and will tell host Marco Werman why the results matter for this nation that sits at the crossroads of East and West.