Amitav Ghosh has used his storytelling prowess to outline the historical and political roots of climate change within systems of power and oppression. 💻 Julia Taylor and Imraan Valodia, University of the Witwatersrand #BusinessAndEconomy
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Steve Biko was undoubtedly the most influential South African liberation struggle theorist and activist of the 1970s. Rick Turner was arguably among the most effectual white anti-apartheid activists of the era. Biko espoused black consciousness while Turner was a Marxist philosopher. Biko (30) was murdered by apartheid police in 1977. Turner (36) was shot dead by an apartheid assassin in 1978. Their ideas continue to resonate. Political scientist and philosopher Michael Onyebuchi Eze sets out, in a chapter of a new book, Rick Turner’s Politics as the Art of the Impossible, how the two men’s philosophies mirrored and critiqued each other. 💻 California State University, Fresno #Politics
Rick Turner and Steve Biko were leading liberation thinkers in 1970s South Africa – why their ideas still matter
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that children, pregnant women and people with weak immune systems are at higher risk from the mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Reports confirm that children under five account for 39% of all cases in the country, and babies as young as two weeks are being diagnosed with this viral illness. Nadia Adjoa Sam-Agudu, an expert in paediatric infectious diseases, explains how #mpox can be dangerous for children and what must be done to protect them. 💻 Nadia Adjoa Sam-Agudu, University of Minnesota #HealthAndMedicine
Mpox in the DRC: children are at high risk – health expert explains why
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Kenyans and Malawians are paying high prices for maize: regional markets aren’t working well. 💻 Namhla Landani and Arthur Khomotso Mahuma, University of Johannesburg #BusinessAndEconomy
Maize prices in Kenya and Malawi have soared, but Tanzania’s haven’t: economists explain why
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Should African people be called black – or is the categorising of people by skin colour a racist practice? How about Africa? Is the name of the continent a racial slur because it was chosen by European exploiters and based on the weather rather than the people – and should it be renamed? These are questions that African philosophy scholar Jonathan Okeke Chimakonam considers in a research paper. We asked him what he and his co-author concluded. 💻University of Pretoria #ArtsCultureAndSociety
Is ‘Africa’ a racial slur and should the continent be renamed?
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In a sense, a malaria-transmitting mosquito is a sick mosquito. This is where bacteria can help. 💻 Yu-Chia Chen, University of the Witwatersrand and Shune Oliver, National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) #ScienceAndTech
Mosquitoes use gut bacteria to fight the malaria they transmit – scientists are exploring how to use this to end the disease
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Mambo’s Chicken regularly uses chicken breasts and thighs to objectify women. What does that say about men? 💻 Gibson Ncube, Stellenbosch University #ArtsCultureAndSociety
Sex sells in these Zimbabwe take-out chicken ads – showing how fragile masculinity is
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By 2050, one in three young people will be of African origin, shaping global consumption and culture. 🌍 💻 Christie Swanepoel and Derek Yu, University of the Western Cape/ Hannah J. Dawson, PhD and Imraan Valodia, University of the Witwatersrand/ Judy N. Muthuri, University of Nottingham/ Katharina Fenz, WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)/ Laurent Fourchard, Sciences Po/ Mohsen Gulp, University of Cambridge/ Peter Lockwood, The University of Manchester/ Renson Mwangi, KCA University/ Steve Onyeiwu, Allegheny College #YouthQuake #BusinessAndEconomy
Africa’s ‘youthquake’: huge numbers of young people have no jobs, the wrong skills and little hope
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The Africa CDC (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have declared the latest outbreak of #mpox in Africa a health emergency. Vaccination is one of the key strategies to contain the disease. Virologist Anna-Lise Williamson unpacks how vaccines have evolved and who should be first in line in any vaccination campaign. 💻 University of Cape Town #HealthAndMedicine
Mpox vaccines: where they come from and what stands in the way of distributing them in Africa
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Kenya’s migration record is mixed. It has put its weight behind regional integration and the free movement of people, but its domestic policies for immigrants and refugees aren’t in good shape. 💻 Alan Hirsch, University of Cape Town #BusinessAndEconomy #Migration
Kenya champions the free movement of people in east Africa, but it’s failing immigrants and refugees at home
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