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The history of the coastal communities of east Africa shows how ethnic groups and their languages were shaped.
East Africa’s reaction to the war in Gaza appears shaped by history, affinity to the policies of the west and the threat of terrorism.
Members of diasporas may choose to identify with multiple homelands and host countries over time.
Transboundary climate risks can cross borders, continents and oceans to affect communities on the other side of the world. Africa’s new roadmap seeks to address this.
Without refugee status people aren’t able to receive valuable support, like the right to live and work in a country.
In this area, much of the work of being educated is only indirectly tied to the schooling experience.
By the 1950s a standard version of the language emerged, today spoken by an estimated 200 million people.
This was an area in which early anatomically modern humans survived, evolved and thrived, before spreading out of Africa to other continents.
Early life environments and adult social bonds both have strong effects on survival.
Tanzania’s refugee policy in the 1990s is a good example of how geopolitics affects ordinary refugees.
At independence, adults were reading decolonial classics - but children were reading Enid Blyton. A generation of unsung women writers changed that.
The first ancient DNA sequences from peoples of the medieval Swahili civilization push aside colonialist stories and reveal genetic connections from the past.
Alternatives to violent policing already exist in the daily practices of Nairobi residents who don’t depend on the police for safety.
The joint border commission between Kenya and South Sudan is a step in the right direction.
Dhamaal music and dance reveals a rich and complex mixing of cultures that is shaped by history.
East Africa is one of the fastest urbanising regions in the world, but it’s still in the early phases. There’s a big opportunity to get the region’s cities right.
Mwili, Akili na Roho represents 50 years of art from Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania – from 1950 to 2000.
Young Ugandans have already fallen far behind in their learning because of COVID.
In the absence of peace, efforts to address climate risks will be restrained, ineffective and counterproductive.
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Professor of Research, Foundations & Higher Education, Northern Arizona University
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Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, SARChI in Higher Education and Human Development Research Group, University of the Free State
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Assistant Professor, Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique
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Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL), University of Johannesburg
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Natural Sciences, UCL
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Reader (Associate Professor) Department of Political Science, Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria, Federal University Lafia
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Fellow, Infrastructure Institute, School of Cities, University of Toronto
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Professor of Politics, University of Birmingham
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Director of CORDIO in East Africa and Adjunct Fellow, Pwani University
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Postdoctoral Fellow Global Health, University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI), Makerere University
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Associate professor, O'Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
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University of Nottingham
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Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs, University of Oxford
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Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow in Global Challenges, Northumbria University, Newcastle
