By John Aerni-Flessner, Associate Professor of African History, Michigan State University
Big projects bring big hopes and big dreams. They also bring big disappointment when they don’t deliver on all the promises. Even when the projects work as they are supposed to.
The Lesotho Highlands Water Project fits this description perfectly, as I argue in my new book on its history. Over the past 20 years I have conducted…
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By Henning Melber, Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
A new book explores the country’s history, from world famous rock art to colonial genocide and the struggle for freedom.
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By Kylie Thomas, Senior Researcher and Senior Lecturer (Radical Humanities Laboratory, University College Cork), NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
South African visual activist Zanele Muholi’s celebrated work centres the lives and experiences of Black lesbians and trans people. For more than two decades Muholi has used photography to courageously open space for queer representation within and outside of art galleries in South Africa and across the world.
Muholi uses the non-binary pronouns they/them/their and prefers the term “visual activist” over “artist” or “photographer”. This…
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By Stephen Onyeiwu, Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
Ibrahima Thiam, enseignant-chercheur, Université Iba Der Thiam de Thiès
Rod Crompton, Visiting Adjunct Professor, African Energy Leadership Centre, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
Tsegay Tekleselassie, Visiting Lecturer in Economics, Wellesley College
XN Iraki, Professor, Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, University of Nairobi
The universal fear is the effect the rise in prices is having on fuel, a staple commodity in every one of the countries for ordinary people as well as industries.
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By Stephen Marsh, Reader in Politics, Cardiff University
Unlike previous US administrations, this one doesn’t consistently work with the British government to put a positive face on Anglo-American relations.
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By Alex Lo, Professor, Climate | Policy | Sustainability, York St John University
If China sets the international rules for the global green economy it could be in a very strong position. That’s not far off.
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By Surina Esterhuyse, Associate Professor in the Centre for Environmental Management, University of the Free State
Danita Hohne, PhD Candidate in the Centre for Environmental Management, University of the Free State
Fanus Fourie, PhD Candidate in the Institute for Groundwater Studies, University of the Free State
South Africa’s driest regions rely on groundwater, which dries up as the climate warms. Replenishing aquifers with excess rainfall may be a solution.
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By Karen Bird, Professor of Political Science, McMaster University
With municipal elections on the horizon this year in several Canadian provinces and territories, local councils have the opportunity to show that quality debate can lead to a stronger democracy.
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By Amnesty International
Responding to statements from Pakistani officials claiming that an airstrike that hit a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul on 16 March was targeting an ammunition depot, Isabelle Lassee, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director, Research, said: “While the total death toll from this attack has yet to be independently verified, it’s clear that it resulted in a significant number of deaths and injuries to civilians, at least in the hundreds. “It’s well-documented that a large part of Camp Phoenix, a former NATO camp, had been operating as a drug rehabilitation facility since 2016. Pakistan’s…
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By Ourania Filippakou, Professor of Education, Brunel University of London
Student loans now sit at the centre of how higher education is funded in England, shaping how millions of graduates finance their studies. Many students leave university with debts of £50,000 or more and may spend decades repaying them.
The current system rests on the idea that higher education primarily benefits individuals, because going to university means that they will earn more over…
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