Anthony Siracusa – Senior Director of Inclusive Culture and Initiatives, University of Colorado Boulder On July 2, 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. stood behind President Lyndon Baines Johnson as the…
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu: father of South Africa’s ‘rainbow nation’
P. Pratap Kumar – Emeritus Professor, School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics, University of KwaZulu-Nata Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu has died at the age of 90. Archbishop Tutu earned the…
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Conrad Hughes – Research Associate at the University of Geneva’s department of Education and Psychology; Campus and Secondary Principal at the International School of Geneva’s La Grande Boissière, Université de…
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Jane Namukobe – Lecturer, Makerere University Herbal medicine is used all over the world, and Uganda is no exception. Figures suggest that up to 79% of the East African nation’s population favours…
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One virus, two countries: how the misuse of science compounded South Africa’s COVID crisis
Steven Friedman – Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg Now, and in the past, “following the science” on COVID-19 has landed South Africa in trouble. This is not an…
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African marine rules favour big industry, leaving small-scale fishers in the lurch
Ifesinachi Okafor-Yarwood – Lecturer, University of St Andrews Edward H. Allison – Director of Science and Research, WorldFish, CGIAR System Organization The African marine fisheries sector is huge. It’s valued…
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Mélanie Lindbjerg Guichon – PhD Candidate, Aarhus University Inequality is an issue that arises everywhere in the world today. Recent studies by economists such as Branko Milanovic and Thomas Piketty have looked at trends…
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Chief Keef changed the music industry – and it’s time he gets the credit he deserves
Jabari Evans – Assistant Professor of Race and Media, University of South Carolina Before he was arrested in December 2011, Chief Keef was a 16-year-old budding rap star. He’d released…
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