Long thought to have originated in Ancient Greece, the golden ratio that forms the basis of the Swiss design style may have first emerged in Africa.
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China is providing masks, vaccines, medical equipment and personnel to African countries ignored by the U.S. in recent years, positioning itself as an essential partner to the region.
Despite its Imperial origins, the Commonwealth has a strong radical tradition. If it wants to remain relevant to Africa in the 21st Century, that radicalism needs to be rediscovered.
Adolescent girls can contribute to social change, economic growth, sustainable development and peaceful societies. They should be able to live their lives free from violence.
Rather than constructing a nest, incubating eggs and feeding young, some birds deposit their eggs in the nests of other birds and trick them into doing the child rearing.
Giraffe numbers have plummeted from an estimated 150,000 in 1985 to fewer than 100,000 today.
Debates centred on the role of recreational hunting in supporting nature conservation and local people’s livelihoods are among the most polarising in conservation today.
Nigerians, as well as other Africans, need to actively work to decolonise social arrangements created by the British.
Africa needs to take advantage of a copyright law to protect and explore its unique local products.
Empowerment can mean different things for different women, but access to information is key. In Mali radio is the main source of information.
Africa’s key to future food-nutrition security may depend on the untapped potential of indigenous fruit trees.
A new report from the GovLab and the French Development Agency (AFD) examines how development practitioners are experimenting with emerging forms of technology to advance development goals.
The election of commissioners is a key step in the reform process of the African Union Commission.
Biden wants to restore US global leadership after four years of Trump’s isolationism and antagonism. These are some of the challenges and opportunities he’ll face, from China to Latin America.
A study of the historical records describing African slaves in Brazil yields some unexpected findings.
COVID-19 restrictions created life-threatening challenges to female sex workers as they weren’t able to access their medication, support or their clients.
The Trump White House questioned the value of foreign aid and neglected policies related to helping low-income countries. But US aid had already needed improvement.
Many countries cannot afford to buy existing COVID-19 vaccines, a collective approach is needed.
In Lagos, cinema audiences don’t go to the movies for the film alone. There’s more.
Conflicting injunctions, shaped locally, constantly reinvented: food in the cities of the global south escapes the narrative of Western standardisation.
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Communications, Howard University
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Post Doctoral Researcher, Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of Cape Town
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Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology; African-American Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Associate Science Editor & Co-Host of The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Anthropologue et démographe, professeur émérite au Muséum national d’histoire naturelle et conseiller de la direction de l'INED, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN)
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Visiting Professor of Sustainability Science, Technical University of Denmark
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Scientific Officer, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Professor of the Practice of International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
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Director of Research, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, University of Maryland
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Research Fellow New South Institute, Emeritus Professor at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Tasmania
