Society
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Mental health in Africa: The need for a new approach
Innovations, many pioneered in Africa, are making mental health treatment more possible and affordable, but more needs to be done. Joshua lives in Sierra ... -
Child sexual exploitation is on the rise. When will governments act?
Across Africa, there must be tougher and enforced laws set up against the factors that allow child sex offenders to thrive. Of all the ... -
A German association called for fixes for Africa’s problems. It’s one of them.
Where is the ‘African’ in African Studies? Not in the African Studies Association of Germany. When the African Studies Association Germany (VAD) recently published a ... -
Refugees: Rwanda helps hundreds, but thousands more languish in Libya
International policy towards refugees tends to ignore root causes and often makes humanitarian crises worse. In the last month or so, nearly 200 refugees ... -
If you believe you are a citizen of the world…
What’s remarkable today is not that identities are becoming more fluid and borderless, but that they ever became fixed and bordered. As a member ... -
On Lionheart’s Oscar ban: Is Nigerian English a Foreign Language?
US universities treat Nigerian English as a foreign language. The Oscars say it is not foreign enough. As a linguist and former teacher of ... -
Charlie Chaplin and the reclaiming of Sudan
Khartoum’s locally-organised open air film screenings epitomise much about Sudan’s ongoing revolution. This article was made possible by the generous “supporter” subscribers of the ... -
From young lovers to old customs: Stunning photographs from East Africa
Stories from East Africa this year have often enraptured the rest of the continent and the world at large. For their scale, shock value, ... -
Mauritius’ micro-politics: Everybody needs good neighbours
In some elections, people vote for the soul of their nation. In Mauritius, they vote for their neighbours. Politics in Mauritius is perhaps unique ... -
How I fell in, out, and back in love with the leso
The East African wrapper is a source of pride, rich in meaning and history. But it is more complicated than that. The story of ...
