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Monthly Archives: May 2021

  • Age of Agitation SeriesDebating IdeasZimbabwe
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    Violence and Generational Trauma: Gukurahundi Memory Today

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    Mass abductions in Uganda: What we know and don’t know

    Amid government denials and unverified claims, we spoke to dozens of former abductees, their families and officials to get a clearer picture. Since last year, there ...
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    May 24, 2021
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    Podcast: The Making of Africa’s Economic Transformation

    Audio webinar of Know the Beginning Well book launch
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    May 21, 2021
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    What does it mean to decolonise BDSM? 

    “It’s not about race, it’s about slavery” One afternoon in 2018, while standing with my forehead against the wall of my bedroom in Johannesburg, arms above ...
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    May 21, 2021
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    Think African Podcast Ep 2: The Cost of Power

    African Arguments is delighted to partner with the Think African podcast series, created by Sound Africa. Think African examines the big questions that define the world ...
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    May 20, 2021
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    Seychelles has vaccinated 71% of its population. Why is Covid surging?

    What the world’s most vaccinated country tells us about variants, vaccine efficacy and achieving herd immunity. The small archipelago nation of Seychelles has emerged as the ...
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  • Age of Agitation SeriesDebating Ideas
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    May 19, 2021
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    “Our Liberation is a Matter of Now”: An Interview with Bobi Wine

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    May 18, 2021
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    Somaliland at 30: Still unrecognised, but alive and well

    30 years after declaring independence, Somaliland is still at the margins of the international system despite its considerable successes. 30 years ago, on 18 May 1991, ...
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  • ChadDebating IdeasSahel
    By Alex Thurston
    May 14, 2021
    986
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    Chad’s Religious Leaders Remain Mostly Outside the Fray, Unlike Elsewhere in the Sahel

    The Role of Religion in Chadian Politics
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  • Africa's Foreign EngagementsAfrican Arguments Book SeriesAfrican VoicesAge of Agitation SeriesDebating IdeasSouth-SouthSpecialised SeriesYouth Politics
    By Shobana Shankar
    May 13, 2021
    938
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    ‘An Uneasy Embrace’: Youth and Africa-India Entanglements

    Age of Agitation Series: South-South (India-Africa) Youth Connections
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