Ozayr Patel, The Conversation Hyenas aren’t the most popular animals. Sometimes they kill people’s livestock. They are also thought of as scavengers, with some unappealing eating…
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Stephen Onyeiwu, Allegheny College; Ayodeji Olukoju, University of Lagos; Olayinka Oyegbile, Trinity University, Lagos, and Sola Balogun, Federal University, Oye Ekiti Four academics reflect on books…
Carole Haswell, The Open University The forthcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope offers unprecedented new opportunities for astronomers. It’s also a timely opportunity to…
Ben Krishna, University of Cambridge It is controversial whether viruses are alive, but – like all living things – they do evolve. This fact has become…
Peter Kimani, Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications (GSMC) It’s been a great year for African writing, with Tanzania’s Abdulrazak Gurnah winning the…
Yandisa Ngqangashe, Australian National University Alcohol consumption is associated with various public health problems. These include high rates of trauma-related injuries and death. In South Africa,…
Stephen Onyeiwu, Allegheny College; Ayodeji Olukoju, University of Lagos; Olayinka Oyegbile, Trinity University, Lagos, and Sola Balogun, Federal University, Oye Ekiti Four academics reflect on books…
Nompumelelo Maringa, University of the Witwatersrand Museums don’t often feature on vacation itineraries. That’s probably because people think of these spaces as dull houses of antiquities.…
Catherine Draper, University of the Witwatersrand It comes as no surprise that children are spending more time watching screens as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Deborah Mayersen, UNSW Since conflict erupted in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, in November 2020, there have been widespread reports of atrocities in the region. Hundreds of massacres…