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A study of recent epidemics like Zika and Ebola suggests that the media may fail to tell the public what to do during an outbreak.
Woody plants' cover has increased across large swathes of the continent in the past three decades.
Female teachers can act as role models who enhance girls’ motivation and learning outcomes.
As early as 1953, Balandier demonstrated how the struggle against colonialism was associated with an inverted vision of the world.
Ségou in Mali has successfully developed its urban cultural economy in ways that's inclusive, sustainable and context-sensitive.
The political crisis in Zimbabwe reveals the shortcomings of African intergovernmental organisations and their (in)capacity to guarantee democratic functioning in the member states.
Slashing funding will put carefully crafted initiatives at risk – and people will die because of it.
For many of contemporary Congolese musicians the idea of authenticité was seen as a positive one at a certain level, even though Mobutu abused Congo culture to build his own personality cult.
It's crucial to know the relationship between biodiversity and carbon storage to assess whether carbon-focused conservation will also protect the most biodiverse forests.
Africa has one of the world's richest fossil records, and evidence suggests that amateurs collected really important fossils long before professionals arrived on the scene.
Attempts to deepen democracy in Africa by limiting presidential terms to two have not entirely quashed a culture of entitlement to rule. Glimpses of it persist, much against citizens' wishes.
A swampy area the size of England stores as much carbon as 20 years of US fossil fuel emissions.
A peaceful transition in the Gambia, taken together with hints of change in Angola and Zimbabwe, will portend hope that Africa’s democratic renewal is still alive.
The two species mated 500,000 years ago, leaving a genetic mark to this day. This knowledge could help save them from extinction.
Fifty five years and many inquiries later, the search continues for the truth about the cause of the plane crash in which the UN secretary general and 15 others were killed
The Congolese album ‘Nangadeef’ remains largely unexplored, despite its genius. As a rich repository of Afrofuturistic data, it deserves to be delved into by lovers of African art.
It's important to close roads from further vehicle use after the end of logging operations. But these roads ought to be re-opened when the next phase of logging takes place in each area of forest.
Papa Wemba was one of the most active ambassadors of Congolese urban music on the global stage. He did this by fusing international musical styles with authentic Congolese grooves.
There are plenty of innovators, scientists and inventors in Africa doing remarkable work today. So why does the myth of Africa being devoid of scientific innovators persist?
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Professor of Global Change Science at University of Leeds and, UCL
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Musician, Academic, Consultant, University of Edinburgh
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Postdoc in Vertebrate Palaeontology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of Tropical Ecology, University of Leeds
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Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Nottingham
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Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of South Africa (UNISA), University of South Africa
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Founding Director of Program on Intrastate Conflict, Kennedy School, Harvard University
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Senior Research Specialist in Democracy, Governance and Service Delivery at the Human Science Research Council and a Research Fellow Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State
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Associate Professor of Human Development & Family Studies; Women's Gender & Sexuality Studies, Pennsylvania State University
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Lecturer in African and Transnational History, University of York
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Emeritus Professor, University of Cape Town
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Lecturer, Catholic University of Malawi
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PhD student in Music, Royal Holloway
