Long Read
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The Untold Story of the Battle of Adowa: How Anti-imperialism can be rebuilt from the ground up
I. Magdala The mountainside fortress is called Magdala. It is perched above the Ethiopian highlands, a stone fist raised against the sky. In its ... -
The death of KOKO Networks: a post-mortem of a biofuel startup and the rise of carbon economies in Africa
What does the much-publicised rise and sudden death of a firm that boasted friends in Silicon Valley and Washington DC tell us about the ... -
Land Scarcity in Northern Bahr el Ghazal: Implications for Returns
Land scarcity in the context of displaced communities in the Sudan conflict -
Shared Poverty and the Curse of Unemployment in Rural South Africa
What do rural dwellers in South Africa do to address the curse of unemployment? -
Houses of Hope: Populism and South Africa’s Complex Urban-Rural Connections
Rural aspiration and homes expansion across South Africa’s urban-rural divide -
Blackness, Pan-African Consciousness and Women’s Political Organising through the Magazine AWA
Pan-Africanism and black consciousness in women's organising in West Africa -
Death by Peace: How South Sudan’s Peace Agreement Ate the Grassroots
The peace agreement largely destroyed whatever popular legitimacy the South Sudanese political system once had. -
Creatures of the Deposed: Connecting Sudan’s Rural and Urban Struggles
Sudan's revolution and counter revolution forces in historical perspective
