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Tag: Africa

Ndongo Samba Sylla, Daniela Gabor

In place of public-private partnerships, we should revive the Pan-African ambitions of the green developmental state.

Cornel West, Panashe Chigumadzi

When Desmond Tutu reconciled African theology and Black theology.

Michael Jackson
An anthropologist reflects on West African divination as a case study in hope during times of great uncertainty.
Alexander Betts
East African countries host seven times more refugees than we do. Their policies look beyond their borders. So should ours.
Alex de Waal
A civil war in the northern region of Tigray broke out in November. Denial within the international community has prevented much-needed humanitarian aid.
Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
A recent report neglects to mention how France forced Arab Jews to adopt the European persona of Jew as citizen and see Arabs and Muslims as others.
Nanjala Nyabola
To ask why COVID-19 hasn’t been deadlier in Africa is to suggest that more Africans should be dying. We need better questions.
Kevin P. Donovan
Working people are forever kept on the brink of going broke. More than higher wages and better job security, a just economy requires giving them the power to choose and create their own futures.
Milli Lake, Marie E. Berry
Some gender equality initiatives help to reinforce exclusion rather than dismantle it.
Nicholas Rush Smith
As we know from South Africa's crisis, political and social fault lines will shape the contours of joblessness.

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