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    Writing Piracy in Somalia: Who Controls the Narrative and How?

    By Awet T. Weldemichael
    August 19, 2022
    Knowledge gate-keeping, who controls the narrative?
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    Women’s Self Identification and the Construction of Sexualities in Ghana: A Debate

    By Serena Owusua Dankwa
    October 27, 2021
    Triple book review sexualities debate from the Africa: journal of the International African Institute
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    A Tale of Two Gandhis: Make Black History of India Matter

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    How Class Colours Race – South Africa’s White Workers in Global Context

    By Danelle van Zyl-Hermann
    August 18, 2021
    Book Review: Privileged Precariat: White Workers and South Africa's Long Transition to Majority Rule
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    Podcast: The Making of Africa’s Economic Transformation

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    May 24, 2021
    Audio webinar of Know the Beginning Well book launch
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    Development Partnerships or Transactional Politics? An Insight into the Continent’s Struggle for Economic Transformation

    By Alex de Waal
    May 12, 2021
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    “Plus Ça Change, Plus C’est la Même Chose”: Review of K.Y. Amoako’s Know the Beginning Well

    By Shantayanan Devarajan
    May 11, 2021
    Book Review Debate: Know the Beginning Well
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    Putting Economic Policies into Practice: the K.Y. Guide

    By Nick Westcott
    May 10, 2021
    Book Review Debate: Know the Beginning Well
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    Researching Sexuality in Ethiopia: Reflections on My Experience Journeying through a Complex Field

    By Getnet Tadele
    March 15, 2021
    Doing More on Sexuality Series: Researching Sexuality in Ethiopia
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    Felix Tshisekedi’s Search For Real Power, Two Years On

    By Kris Berwouts
    February 3, 2021
    The situation in Congo
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