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For six decades, this quintessentially British character has forged a strong relationship with the continent.
The politically ambitious Sisulu’s most recent campaigning grenade came in her cynical attack on the country’s constitution and judiciary.
The country moved quickly to contain the virus, but its health system struggled to look after those who got sick.
Collaboration can have immediate benefits in the most dire circumstances.
Researchers found the letters X, Y, and Z make tweets more shareable. The nonsensical result shows how easily statistics can be misused.
The posturing is bound to continue. But at the age of 78 Jacob Zuma’s long day in the sun is over.
Kaunda will be remembered as a giant of 20th century African nationalism – a leader who gave refuge to revolutionary movements, a relatively benign autocrat and an international diplomat.
A missing girl, a sensational trial, and the troubled history of anti-trafficking.
Young children may find it harder to control their attention if they use touchscreens regularly.
Police forces need to negotiate with communities to win back trust or risk getting trapped in a cycle of violence.
The book shows that the claim made by some analysts that it was the fall of communism that prompted moves towards negotiations to end apartheid is off the mark.
Author shows how politicians intent on settling problems by physically eliminating opponents tap into a ready source of assassins from within the taxi industry.
Mandela left at the right time in 1999, when the country still seemed in a healthy state, after which he consolidated his international reputation.
In the villages of central Gujurat, humans and wildlife are forced to share the same spaces – with varying consequences.
La vida en la prisión es rutinaria: cada día como el anterior; cada semana como la anterior, de modo que los meses y años se confunden entre sí.
La vie en prison est une question de routine : chaque journée est identique à la précédente, chaque semaine également, de sorte que les mois et les années se fondent les uns dans les autres.
Prison life is about routine: each day like the one before; each week like the one before it, so that the months and years blend into each other.
Moe Shaik fancies himself as an analyst who can read people well. And yet, he has a rather large blind spot for his leaders – until they fall out with him.
Gentrification often leads to the eviction of poor and largely racialized populations. When a university campus drives the change, they can choose to do something about it.
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PhD Candidate, Film, Media, and Cultural Studies, Birkbeck, University of London
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Professor of Political Economy, Birkbeck, University of London
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London
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Lecturer, Culture and Media department, Birkbeck, University of London
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Reader in Gender, Health and International Development, Birkbeck, University of London
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PhD researcher, Birkbeck, University of London
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Reader In Modern History, Department Of History, Classics & Archaeology, Birkbeck, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Management, Birkbeck, University of London
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Emeritus Professor, School of Law, Birkbeck, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in International Business, Birkbeck, University of London
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Marketing Lecturer, Birkbeck, University of London
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Lecturer in Contemporary History, Birkbeck, University of London
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Lambert Lecturer in Environment (Applied Herpetology), Birkbeck, University of London
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Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London
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Professor of Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London
