The real question about wildlife conservation
How did wildlife in Africa survive for millennia in together with people who never earned anything from it?
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African leaders’ tax returns
The Paradise Papers are shedding light on the mechanics of how African leaders hide their incomes.
To think through and beyond the nation-state
A conversation on books, borders, and belonging with Somali-American writer, Abdul Adan.
Where township tours don’t go
Who produced that $30 mug you bought at Cape Town International Airport on your way home?
What is the point of African Studies?
There's no agreement, but the vibrant discussions and interventions by African scholars give much hope that something new is fermenting in African Studies.
White privilege and hypocrisy in South Africa
Many white South Africans are doing all they can to maintain racial inequalities and white privilege. It's a recipe for disaster. Hopefully they get it before it’s too late.
African borders don’t stop African people
Also meet the man who drove Malcolm X around in New York City and introduced him to Fidel Castro.
Follow the rules, or else . . .
Rwanda’s president has long practiced a zero-sum political game in which he and his cronies are the primary winners.
Malcolm X’s driver
Abdul Hakeem, in his 80s has lived in Morocco for over thirty two years, where he raised a family and runs two Aikido dojos.