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People’s Science and Translocality in South Africa

By Leslie Bank
June 15, 2020

Can failure to take account of social embeddedness of economics account for the mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic?

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Covid-19, the Working Class and the Poor in South Africa

By Ncumisa Willie Faisal Garba
June 12, 2020

South Africa’s racial capitalism has consumed numerous Black working class lives.

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COVID-19 and Agricology: Echoes of Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Africa

By Ronald Elly WANDA
June 10, 2020

Can Africans circumvent the on-going global health crisis through a return to indigenous knowledge systems?

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Africa Day 2020 Marks 100 Days Since the Covid-19 Outbreak: A Celebration of a Continent Not Backing Down

By DevDispatch
June 8, 2020

The eve of Africa Day 2020 marked 100 days since the outbreak of Covid-19: how is the continent faring?

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Some Lessons from the History of Epidemics in Africa

By Florence Bernault
June 5, 2020

The history of endemic diseases epidemics and pandemics in Africa shows that the continent has had a long experience of biomedicine

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Kenya and Covid-19: Pandemic Response Risks Excluding Minority Groups

By Ella Duncan
May 29, 2020

Identity based welfare exclusion reinforces the Kenyan's state fault lines of power and access

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Covid-19 and the New Scramble for Africa

By Anne Abaho
May 27, 2020

Covid-19 and the New Scramble for Africa

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من على البعد: دروس مفيدة من تجارب العون في الصومال والسودان لأزمة كوفيد-19*

By Susanne Jaspars
May 26, 2020

Going Remote: Learning from Aid Practices in Somalia and Sudan for the Covid-19 Crisis

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Gifting and the Capable State in Times of Crisis

By Leslie Bank
May 25, 2020

State gifting and the politics of bailouts in the time of Covid

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To Help Respond to Covid-19, African Governments Should Prioritise Taxing the Rich

By Wilson Prichard
May 7, 2020

African governments tax responses to Covid-19 may want to strategise sustaining and expanding taxation of rich individuals

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