Research in Africa needs to ensure that the voices of indigenous communities are recognised and respected.
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The African university cannot be created through changing the intellectual lens and basis alone. Political action is key.
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South African legislators are steadily moulding indigenous laws into the image of western laws.
There has been outrage over the release of a Christian woman accused of blasphemy in Pakistan. An expert explains how blasphemy laws are hardly obsolete throughout the West.
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Lecturer in English, Case Western Reserve University
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Research Professor, UFS History Department, University of the Free State
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Associate Professor, Performance, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor of African legal pluralism and Director, Centre for Legal Integration in Africa, University of the Western Cape
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Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Pretoria
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Assistant Professor-Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Carleton University
