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ArchitectureIn the 1960s and 70s, countries across Africa celebrated their independence with astonishingly avant-garde architecture. Oliver Wainwright reports on a fascinating attempt to chronicle this forgotten history Afro modernism: Africa’s avant-garde architecture boom – in pictures Afield of triangular roofs pokes up above the horizon on the outskirts of Dakar, like a forest of wigwams that have been baked to stone under the scorching sub-Saharan sun. They sit on a triangular concrete plinth, from which bigger triangular pavilions protrude, accessed by flights of triangular steps from the dusty streets, along which triangular gutters jut out.

ObituaryChris TameLibertarian Alliance opponent of 'corrupt state capitalism'Chris Tame, who has died aged 56 of bone cancer, devoted his life to radical individualist politics, principally as founder of the Libertarian Alliance, manager of the Alternative Bookshop and later director of Forest (Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Tobacco). A prolific publisher and writer, in the mid-1980s he was a producer on Channel 4's Diverse Reports series, which alternated between libertarian and socialist perspectives on topical issues.

WTA Finals This article is more than 2 months oldIga Swiatek back on top of world after WTA Finals demolition of Jessica PegulaThis article is more than 2 months oldSwiatek claims first WTA Finals title with 6-1, 6-0 victoryDominant win also secures Pole year-end world No 1 spotIga Swiatek continued on the path to becoming one of the greatest players of her time as she demolished Jessica Pegula 6-1, 6-0 to win the WTA Finals for the first time in her young career.

Dear MariellaRelationshipsA 36-year-old woman who is emotionally attracted to men but physically attracted to women is confused. Mariella Frostrup says it’s time she tried them both outThe dilemma I’m confused about my sexuality. I’ve always fallen in love with men and feel emotionally and romantically attracted to them. I always thought I was straight, although at 36 I’ve never actually been in a sexual relationship. I’m not physically attracted to men, but I do feel aroused by women’s bodies.

Jesse Williams and Justine Timberlake: similar style, but a gulf of understanding. Composite: Rex featuresJesse Williams and Justine Timberlake: similar style, but a gulf of understanding. Composite: Rex featuresJustin TimberlakeJustin Timberlake on Jesse Williams's BET speech wasn't woke, just whiteWhen Timberlake declared in response to Williams’s barnstorming expose of white privilege that ‘we are the same’, he revealed his lack of understanding On Sunday night, the Grey’s Anatomy actor and social justice activist Jesse Williams was honored with a humanitarian award at the BET awards.

Bob Wells: ‘Then came the first of the month, and something clicked: he didn’t have to pay rent.’ Photograph: Angie Smith/Redux/eyevineBob Wells: ‘Then came the first of the month, and something clicked: he didn’t have to pay rent.’ Photograph: Angie Smith/Redux/eyevineLife and styleAcross US public lands thousands of people are taking to van life, as featured in the Oscar-winning film Nomadland If you look closely on city streets, campgrounds and stretches of desert run by the Bureau of Land Management, you’ll see more Americans living in vehicles than ever before.

The ObserverStage This article is more than 15 years oldOscar winner reveals the secret of pro-Nazi traitorThis article is more than 15 years oldA new play suggests John Amery rebelled against his father's concealment of his JewishnessThe Oscar-winning writer Ronald Harwood is to re-examine a wartime story of treachery at the heart of the British establishment. Using fresh documentary evidence, his play will tell of the fate of the privileged Nazi sympathiser John Amery, the son of a Tory cabinet minister, who was hanged for treason in 1945.

Wildlife This article is more than 1 year oldSvalbard reindeer thrive as they shift diet towards ‘popsicle-like’ grassesThis article is more than 1 year oldIncreased plant growth due to warmer climate appears to be prompting change in eating habits As the Arctic warms, concern for the plight of Santa’s favourite sleigh pullers is mounting. But in one small corner of the far flung north – Svalbard – Rudolph and his friends are thriving.

Centre Pénitentiare de Femmes, Metz, France, 1990, by Jane Evelyn Atwood.Centre Pénitentiare de Femmes, Metz, France, 1990, by Jane Evelyn Atwood.The big picturePhotographyJane Evelyn Atwood spent a decade photographing the life of female inmates, from childbirth to conjugal visits Jane Evelyn Atwood began photographing in women’s prisons in 1989, and the work consumed her for a decade. She visited 40 institutions across the US and Europe, in Israel and the former Soviet Union collecting images and first-hand stories from inmates in the most comprehensive project of its kind.